Poblamiento indígena en al-Andalus e indicios del primer poblamiento andalusí

Abstract

The article looks into how eighth-century al-Andalus was populated, proposing two successive stages. In the first, the settling of the conquering population at the old episcopal seats where Arab rulers would establish themselves can be observed. At the same time an intercalated kind of population can also be noticed that is usually known as qilā‛ which can still be appreciated in the toponymy. This initial stage suffered a transformation toward the middle of the century when the ‛āmil-bishop alliance of the cities was substituted by a bigger leadership coming from the rural areas. Within these, important Muladi families in the Marca Superior and the South West emerged, whereas in what is now known as Andalucía that function would be carried out with the installation of Syrian jundis, also settled in the rural milieu, where small villages begin to proliferate.