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Al-Ŷazīra al-Jaḍrāʾ الجزيرة الخضراء
Today: Algeciras, Spain
- Years
- 711–1344
The "green island" opposite Ceuta was where Ṭāriq's army first settled after crossing the Strait in 711, and the usual landing place of North African armies for six centuries. Alfonso XI took it in 1344 after a two-year siege; the Marinids retook and razed it in 1379.
What to see today
- Parque Arqueológico de las Murallas Meriníes (Murallas de Al-Ŷazīra al-Jaḍrāʾ): Walls, 13th to 14th century