The Taifa Period of Al-Andalus Continues

What if the Taifas of Al-Andalus continue to survive and aren't eaten up by the Berbers? What would be the effect on Europe, North Africa, Spain, the Middle East, and Islam?
 
Most likely, the Reconquista is completed earlier. The taifas' military prowess was insufficient at the time without a sponsor like the Almoravids. Moreover, i can see Iberia having a stronger Muslim cultural component, especially to the south.
Portugal as an independent kingdom may also not be founded, as this state legitimized itself through defending the west of Christian Iberia against the Almoravids (and, later, the Almohads).
Aragon and Catalonia, on the other hand, are blank spots to me.
 
@GauchoBadger

Is it possible in any fashion for the Taifa to survive the Reconquista?
It's not impossible, but it's difficult. The taifas were much, much more divided and infighting than the Christian kingdoms to the north, who promptly took advantage of the former's division to expand. While there were surely some competent taifas, such as Seville and Badajoz, i doubt the situation around them would allow for enough breathing space, barring strings of very competent emirs.
Almanzor's miitary and political reforms led to tension within the Andalusian government structure, which eventually exploded and created the clusterfuck of the taifas.
 
@GauchoBadger

But what if they did survive? What would occur if the Taifas were able to hold off against external forces long enough to gain some breathing room. How would this effect Europe and the Islamic world?

Yes, I am aware of how the Taifas were formed.
 
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