Loja

لوشة

Town (Wikidata Q332989).

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al-Andalus & Europe
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Birthplace of
لسان الدين ابن الخطيب
Site of
Siege of Loja (1482)

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The killing of Ibn al-Khatib in his prison· al-Mutawakkil ala Allah II, Abd al-Aziz ibn Ya'qub· Fes· al-Ihata fi Tarikh Gharnata· Siege of Loja (1482)· لسان الدين ابن الخطيب

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islam.museum contributors. “Loja”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/loja/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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The killing of Ibn al-Khatib in his prison

Lisan al-Din Ibn al-Khatib was killed in his Granada prison cell; Ibn Khaldun records at first hand the vizier's plea to him from prison and his failed intercession, which then drove his own withdrawal to Tlemcen in 776.