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Maŷrīṭ مجريط

Today: Madrid, Spain

Years: 865–1085

Maŷrīṭ began as a fortress founded by the emir Muḥammad I around 865 to guard the passes of the Sierra against León, with a small walled town beside it. It passed to Castile with Toledo in 1085; a stretch of its wall survives by the cathedral.

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Muralla musulmana de Madrid (Muralla de Maŷrīṭ): Walls, c. 852 to 886

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