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Era: The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region: al-Andalus & Europe
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A great, populous town with large markets, from the district of Sherish in the west of al-Andalus. ²

Al-Maqqari reports from al-Hajari that it was built by Seville, and that its valley is a son of its valley, and that its people have high spirits and elegance in dress and in displaying luxury. ²

It is distinguished by the fine making of cheeses and the goodness of its cheese. The people of al-Andalus say that whoever enters Sherish and does not eat its cheeses there is deprived. ²

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Located in: الأندلس

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

Sources

Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p. 199
Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p.199

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islam.museum contributors. “شريش”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/jerez/. 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.