<P> Abd ar - Rahman I founded an independent dynasty that survived until the 11th century . That line was succeeded by a variety of short and small emirates ( taifas ) unable to stop the push of the expansionist northern Christian kingdoms . The Almoravids ( 1086 - 1094 ) and the Almohads ( 1146 - 1173 ) occupied al - Andalus next , and the Marinids in 1269 , but that could not prevent the fragmentation of Muslim - ruled territory . The last Muslim emirate , Granada , was defeated by the armies of Castile ( successor to Asturias ) and Aragon under Isabella and Ferdinand in 1492 . The last wave of expulsions from Spain of the native population of Muslim descent took place in 1614 . </P>
<P> Abd ar - Rahman I founded an independent dynasty that survived until the 11th century . That line was succeeded by a variety of short and small emirates ( taifas ) unable to stop the push of the expansionist northern Christian kingdoms . The Almoravids ( 1086 - 1094 ) and the Almohads ( 1146 - 1173 ) occupied al - Andalus next , and the Marinids in 1269 , but that could not prevent the fragmentation of Muslim - ruled territory . The last Muslim emirate , Granada , was defeated by the armies of Castile ( successor to Asturias ) and Aragon under Isabella and Ferdinand in 1492 . The last wave of expulsions from Spain of the native population of Muslim descent took place in 1614 . </P>
who forced the umayyads out of spain by 1492
who forced the umayyads out of spain by 1492
Castile
Castile