Balearic Islands their state. However, the Cordoban emirate disintegrated in civil war and partition in the early eleventh century, breaking into smaller states called "taifa". Mujahid al-Siqlabi, the ruler of the Taifa of Dénia, sent a fleet and seized control of the islands in 1015, using it as the base for subsequent expeditions to Sardinia and Pisa. In 1050, the island's governor Abd Allah ibn Aglab rebelled and established the independent Taifa of Mallorca. For centuries, the Balearic sailors and pirates had been masters of the western Mediterranean. But the expanding influence of the Italian maritime republics and the shift of power
Balearic Sea Cabo Berberia, the Southwest extreme of Formentera (Islas Baleares). "On the Southeast." The South Coast of Formentera, thence a line from Punta Rotja, its Eastern extreme, to the Southern extreme of Isla Cabrera () and to Isla del Aire, off the Southern extreme of Menorca. "On the Northeast." The East coast of Menorca up to Cap Favaritx () thence a line to Cabo San Sebastian (Spain) (). Balearic Sea The Balearic Sea (endotoponym: "Mar Balear" in Catalan and Spanish) is a body of water in the Mediterranean Sea near the Balearic Islands. It is not to be confused with the