Marda (Merida)
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A city that was once a royal seat, with remarkable monuments, a bridge, a water channel and a palace called the kitchen house; al-Idrisi says its ruins speak of power and rule. 1
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Marda was the seat of a kingdom. It has remarkable ruins of building, an arch and a water channel, and a palace called the House of Cooking. Al-Idrisi describes it as speaking of kingship and power. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 545
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.545
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islam.museum contributors. “Marda (Merida)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/marda/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.