Banu Qasi (Arabic: بنو قاسي (Banū Qāsī), meaning "sons" or "heirs of Cassius") was the name of a Basque Muladi (Visigoths or Hispano-Romans converted to Islam) dynasty that ruled Tudela and the lands around it in the 9th and 10th centuries. The Basque people (Euskaldunak are a group of people inhabiting adjacent areas of Spain and France. This article deals with the prehistory of the modern Basque Country. The Duchy of Cantabria was a march created by the Visigoths in northern Spain to watch their border with the Cantabrians and Basques The Duchy of Vasconia (also Wasconia, later the Duchy of Gascony) was originally a Frankish march formed in the seventh century to protect the Aquitanian The County of Vasconia was a small medieval Realm segregated c The Battle of Roncevaux Pass ( French and English spelling Roncesvalles in Spanish, Orreaga in Basque) was a The Kingdom of Navarre (Reino de Navarra Nafarroako Erresuma Royaume de Navarre originally the Kingdom of Pamplona, was a European kingdom which occupied lands on either The Basque witch trials of the 17th century represent the most ambitious attempt at rooting out Witchcraft ever undertaken by the Spanish Inquisition. The Carlist Wars in Spain were the last major European Civil wars in which pretenders fought to establish their claim to a throne Basque nationalism is a movement with roots in the Carlism and the loss by the laws of 1839 and 1876 of the Ancien Régime relationship between the Basque provinces eu '''Euskadi Ta Askatasuna''' or ETA ( Basque for "Basque Homeland and Freedom" ˈɛːta is an illegal armed Basque nationalist Separatist The Duchy of Vasconia (sometimes Wasconia) later known as Gascony, was a Merovingian creation a frontier duchy on the This is a list of the kings of Pamplona ( Iruña in Basque), later Navarre. Lord of Biscay ( Basque: Bizkaiko Jauna, Spanish: Señor de Vizcaya) is a historical title of the head of state of the autonomous territory Álava (Araba is a province of northern Spain in the southern part of the autonomous community of the Basque Country. Fuero ( Spanish) is a Spanish legal term and conceptThe word comes from Latin forum, an open space used as market tribunal The Basques (Euskaldunak are a people who inhabit a region spanning over parts of north-central Spain and southwestern France. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language The Basques (Euskaldunak are a people who inhabit a region spanning over parts of north-central Spain and southwestern France. The Muladi (muladí, pl muladíes or muwallad (pl muwalladun or muwalladeen) were Muslims of ethnic The 9th century is the period from 801 to 900 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. It was eventually conquered by the expansive taifa of Zaragoza at the beginning of the 11th century. A taifa (from طائفة ṭā'ifa, plural طوائف ṭawā'if) in the history of Iberia was an independent Muslim -ruled principality Zaragoza, also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza province and of the autonomous community and former The dynasty descended from the Hispano-Roman or Visigoth Count Cassius, and was a patrilineal dynasty: that is, the father's position and power was inherited by his sons, particularly the eldest son (primogeniture). Hispania was the name given by the Romans to the whole of the Iberian Peninsula (modern Portugal, Spain, Andorra, Gibraltar The Visigoths (Visigothi, Wisigothi, Vesi, Visi, Wesi, or Wisi were one of two main branches of the Goths, an East Count Cassius ( 8th century) also Count Casius, kumis Kasi or kumis Qasi, was a Hispano-Roman or Visigothic nobleman that Patrilineality (aka agnatic kinship) is a system in which one belongs to one's father's lineage it generally involves the Inheritance of property names or titles Primogeniture is the Common law right of the Firstborn son to inherit the entire estate, to the exclusion of younger siblings

The Banu Qasi emirate and its main ally, the Kingdom of Pamplona, in the 10th century

Their chief seat was Tudela, and they also held Olite and Arnedo. Tudela is a Municipality in Spain, the second city of the Autonomous community of Navarre. Olite ( Erriberri in Basque language) is a town and Municipality located in the province and autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain Arnedo, La Rioja, Spain, is the third largest city in La Rioja, near Calahorra, with a population of about 14000 people The autonomous realm of the Banu Qasi was an important ally of the Kingdom of Pamplona. The Kingdom of Navarre (Reino de Navarra Nafarroako Erresuma Royaume de Navarre originally the Kingdom of Pamplona, was a European kingdom which occupied lands on either Both states buffered each other from the incursions of the larger Muslim and Christian kingdoms around them. Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings In fact they helped each other even in their very beginnings, when the Banū Qāsī and Pamplonese troops defeated the Franks at the third Battle of Roncevaux (824). The Franks or Frankish people (Franci or gens Francorum) were West Germanic tribes first identified in the 3rd century as an Ethnic group The Battle of Roncevaux Pass ( French and English spelling Roncesvalles in Spanish, Orreaga in Basque) was a Events By Place Europe Third Battle of Roncevaux Pass: The Basques and Banu Qasi defeat counts Eblo and Aznar Frankish

After losing Tudela to Zaragoza, the Banū Qāsī were able to establish a modest realm at Alpuente (Aragon). Alpuente is a town and Municipality in the province of Valencia, part of Valencia (autonomous community, Spain. Aragon ( Spanish: "Aragón") is an autonomous community of Spain.

Alfonso the Battler of Navarre and Aragon conquered Tudela in 1115. Alfonso I (1073/1074 &ndash 8 September 1134) called el Batallador, the Battler or the Warrior, was the king of Aragón Aragon ( Spanish: "Aragón") is an autonomous community of Spain. The Muslim and Jewish communities living there remained protected by the Navarrese state until the Castilian conquest of 1512-22, when the Spanish Inquisition forced their conversion or exile. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ The Crown of Castile, as a historic entity is usually considered to have begun in 1230 with the third and definitive union of the two kingdoms of León and Castile The Spanish Inquisition started and was established in 1478 by Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile to maintain

See also

• Basque people
• Kingdom of Navarre
• Al-Andalus
• Taifa

External links

• Banu Kasi, Casius, Kasi and Qasi in the Spanish-language Auñamendi Encyclopedia. The Basques (Euskaldunak are a people who inhabit a region spanning over parts of north-central Spain and southwestern France. The Kingdom of Navarre (Reino de Navarra Nafarroako Erresuma Royaume de Navarre originally the Kingdom of Pamplona, was a European kingdom which occupied lands on either Al-Andalus (الأندلس was the Arabic name given to those parts of the Iberian Peninsula governed by Muslims or A taifa (from طائفة ṭā'ifa, plural طوائف ṭawā'if) in the history of Iberia was an independent Muslim -ruled principality