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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

The Entry of Abd al-Rahman al-Dakhil into al-Andalus

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.

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The Entry of Abd al-Rahman al-Dakhil into al-Andalus