Mozarabs

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Mozarabs were Iberian Christians living under Muslim rule in Al-Andalus who adopted many aspects of Arabic language and culture while retaining their Christian faith.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Mozarabs canonical 11
Mozarabic Christians 2
Mozarab 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian community
ethno-religious group
adoptedFromArabicCulture administrative practices
dress
language
names
associatedWithRite Hispanic (Visigothic) liturgical tradition
coexistedWith Jews in Al-Andalus
Islamic Spain
surface form: Muslims in Al-Andalus
contributedTo cultural transfer between Islamic and Christian worlds
transmission of Arabic learning to Latin Christendom
culturalFeature bilingualism in Arabic and Romance
use of Arabic personal names by Christians
culturalIdentity partly Arabized Christians
declinedAfter Reconquista
surface form: Christian Reconquista
ethnicOrigin Iberian
experienced periods of persecution
periods of tolerance
facedPressureFrom Arabization
Islamization policies
historicalSourceType mentioned in Arabic chronicles
mentioned in Christian chronicles
languageInfluence Arabic
languageUsed Mozarabic language
surface form: Mozarabic

Romance languages of Iberia
legalStatusUnderIslamicLaw dhimmi
legalSystemApplied Islamic law in civil matters
livedUnderRuleOf Muslim rulers of Al-Andalus
mainRegion Andalusia
surface form: Al-Andalus

Iberian Peninsula
maintained own bishops in some cities
migratedTo Iberian kingdoms
surface form: Christian kingdoms of northern Iberia
nameEtymology derived from Arabic mustaʿrab meaning Arabized
paidTax jizya
religion Christianity
religiousRite Mozarabic Rite
retained Christian ecclesiastical hierarchy
Christian faith
Latin liturgy
socialRole intermediaries between Muslim and Christian societies
someConvertedTo Islam
survivingTradition Mozarabic Rite
surface form: Mozarabic Rite in Toledo
timePeriod Early Middle Ages
High Middle Ages
urbanPresence Córdoba
surface form: Cordoba

Granada
Seville
Toledo
wroteInLanguage Romance language with Arabic script (aljamiado-type practices)
wroteInScript Arabic alphabet
surface form: Arabic script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mozarabic language usedBy Mozarabs
Muladíes opposedTo Mozarabs
Old Spanish Rite survivedAmong Mozarabs
this entity surface form: Mozarabic Christians
Missale Mixtum hasCulturalContext Mozarabs
this entity surface form: Mozarabic communities
Mozarabic Mass usedBy Mozarabs
this entity surface form: Mozarabic Christians
Taifa of Málaga ethnicComposition Mozarabs
this entity surface form: Mozarab
Taifa of Badajoz ethnicGroup Mozarabs