Al-Andalus

Ṭurṭūša طرطوشة

Today: Tortosa, Spain

Years
714–1148

The lowest crossing on the Ebro, Ṭurṭūša was a frontier port with shipyards and, in the 11th century, a small taifa ruled by former slaves of the Caliphate. Ramon Berenguer IV took it in 1148 with Genoese help.

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