| Caliphate of Jayyan خلافة جيان (Arabic)
OTL equivalent: Much of southern Spain and Portugal Portugal, parts of northern Morocco | ||||
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 Location of Spain (orange) and subjects (light orange) in relation to Iberian (blue), Roman, and Maghrebi (light blue) states
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| Capital | Jayyan (winter), Qartayyanat (summer) | |||
| Largest city | Qurtuba | |||
| Official languages | Songhai (court), Arabic (administrative) | |||
| Regional languages | Andalusi Romance, Ladino, Berber | |||
| Religion | Sunni Islam, Judaism, Catholicism | |||
| Government | Absolute monarchy | |||
| - | Caliph | Musa II | ||
| Formation | ||||
| - | Battle of Xúquer Island | 27 March 1616 | ||
| - | Laqant Decree | 16 June 1618 | ||
| - | Proclamation of the Caliphate of Jayyan | 5 November 1622 | ||
Spain (Arabic: Iisbania, Andalusi Romance: Isfaniya) is a country in southwestern Europe. It borders Portugal and León to the northwest, Castile to the north, and Saraqusta and Albarracín to the northeast. It controls full access to the Strait of Gibraltar via their holdings in the Maghreb, which are bordered to the south by Fez and Marrakesh, and Algiers to the southeast. It is also host to two subject realms: the Emirate of Siives, and the Emirate of Garnatah.
Contemporary Spain came to be during the decline of the Caliphate of Mursiyah as the Emirate of Balansiyyah, itself established by order of mutiny on behalf of Eali Ibn Yunus (1582-1659), an ethnic Songhai mercenary.