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بسطة

بسطة

الأندلس

Baza, the stout city of eastern al-Andalus known for its prized rugs; it endured the Castilian siege of 894 for six months until the staged-market deception failed, surrendering on Friday 10 Muharram 895 1.

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The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
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Baza: one of the ancient cities of eastern al-Andalus. Carpets are made in Murcia, whose price is prized in the East, and they are made in Granada and Baza 2. It held out against the siege of the lord of Castile from Rajab to Dhu al-Hijja in the year 894 AH, with the hosts of Wadi Ash, Almeria, al-Munakkab and al-Bushrat, until food ran short. Its people tricked the besiegers by displaying food in the markets while they were in the utmost weakness, and the Christians entered its fortress on Friday, the tenth of Muharram in the year 895 AH. 3

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دخول عبد الرحمن الداخل الأندلس· فتح الأندلس· الحامة· المرية· المنكب· وادي آش· شريش· أشبونة

Sources

  1. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p. 525-526
  2. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari
  3. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p.525-526
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islam.museum contributors. “بسطة”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/baza/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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دخول عبد الرحمن الداخل الأندلس

In year 138 Abd al-Rahman ibn Muawiya ibn Hisham the Umayyad entered al-Andalus and seized it; his days extended and al-Andalus remained in his descendants' hands past the year 400. A man of learning and justice whose mother was Berber, they said: 'The world is ruled by two sons of Berber women — al-Mansur and Abd al-Rahman ibn Muawiya.' By year 148 nothing lay outside al-Mansur's sway but al-Andalus, held by Abd al-Rahman, who did not take the title Commander of the Faithful but only amir — as did his sons.