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  • A historic photograph of a mosque in Tunis from 1899.

    Tunis

    2 minutes · Tunisia

    North African city important to later western Mediterranean politics.

  • A lane descending through the medina of Tangier.

    Tangier

    2 minutes · Morocco

    Strait city linking the Maghreb and Iberia.

  • Koutoubia minaret seen from Jemaa el-Fnaa in Marrakesh.

    Marrakesh

    2 minutes · Morocco

    Almoravid-founded capital and later Almohad center.

  • Rows of arcades inside the Great Mosque of Kairouan.

    Kairouan

    2 minutes · Tunisia

    Early Islamic North African city and scholarly center.

  • A pack animal moving goods through a lane in the medina of Fez.

    Fez

    2 minutes · Morocco

    Major Moroccan city and center of scholarship and craft.

  • Courtyard of the al-Qarawiyyin mosque complex in Fez.

    al-Qarawiyyin

    2 minutes · Morocco

    Mosque-university complex in Fez associated with long scholarly traditions.

  • Modern graphic presentation of a poem attributed to Wallada.

    Wallada bint al-Mustakfi

    Biography · 4 minutes · 11th c. · Al-Andalus

    Cordoban poet and elite woman of the taifa period whose remembered voice helps readers approach gender, literary culture, poetic exchange, and urban sociability in eleventh-century al-Andalus.

  • Gold dinar from the reign of Yusuf I of Granada.

    Yusuf I of Granada

    Biography · 2 minutes · 14th c. · Al-Andalus

    Nasrid ruler of Granada whose reign helps readers connect court patronage, diplomacy, defense, and the making of Alhambra-era political culture.

  • Coin of Yusuf ibn Tashfin with Arabic inscriptions.

    Yusuf ibn Tashfin

    Biography · 2 minutes · 11th c. · Al-Andalus

    Almoravid ruler whose Maghrebi state crossed into Iberia and changed the balance of power after the taifa period.

  • Modern monument to Ziryab in Cordoba.

    Ziryab

    Biography · 4 minutes · 9th c. · Al-Andalus

    Musician and court cultural figure associated with early Cordoba, useful for readers tracing taste, performance, etiquette, and the making of refined courtly memory.

  • Medieval depiction of Muhammad I of Granada leading troops.

    Muhammad I ibn al-Ahmar

    Biography · 2 minutes · 13th c. · Al-Andalus

    Founder of the Nasrid dynasty, whose political choices shaped Granada's survival as the last Muslim-ruled kingdom in Iberia.

  • Gold coin minted under Muhammad V of Granada.

    Muhammad V of Granada

    Biography · 2 minutes · 14th c. · Al-Andalus

    Nasrid ruler whose reign connects Granada's diplomatic survival, court politics, and some of the most memorable Alhambra-era cultural patronage.