An analysis of the Zirid Granada through written and archaeological sources

The settlement of Berber Zirids in Madīnat Ilbīra and their subsequent migration to Granada guiding the population of Ilbīra in 1013 leads the foundation of a new Islamic city and kingdom. It is in this period that the city experiences the largest expansion and some of the most popular buildings in the city are built. Irrigation canals and dykes, such as Acequia Gorda, Aynadamar and Axares, the ancient casbah (al-qaṣaba al-qadīma), the Great Mosque and even a part of Alhambra casbah date from this time. Thus, in this article, we analised the History (the political evolution, the state, the power, the tax system and the society), and material culture of the Taifa kingdom of Granada. We tried to reconstruct this historical period through the written sources and, to draw up a hypothetical urban planning of the Granada city. Previously, we had gathered the results of the archaeological interventions carried out in Granada city and studied the remaining structures of the Zirid period.El asentamiento de los ziríes en Madīnat Ilbīra y su posterior traslado a Granada (1013) al frente de la población elvirense supone la fundación de una nueva ciudad islámica. En este artículo se realiza un análisis tanto de la historia (abordando aspectos como el Estado, el poder, la fiscalidad, la sociedad...) como de la cultura material del reino zirí granadino (reconstruyendo el posible trazado urbano de este periodo y sus diferentes elementos)