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Ceuta

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A city on the Strait of Gibraltar, from which Ibn Jubayr took ship on his journey to the Hijaz.

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Ceuta: a city on the Strait of Gibraltar. From it Ibn Jubayr took ship across the sea on his journey to the Hijaz. 1 2

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The Frankish storming of Ceuta, 817

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The Frankish storming of Ceuta, 817

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  1. The Travels of Ibn Jubayr, Arabic text (Gibb Memorial, 1907)
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islam.museum contributors. “Ceuta”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/ceuta/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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The Frankish storming of Ceuta, 817

7 Sha'ban 817 — the Franks stormed Ceuta, razed it and carried off its wealth and stores down to the scholars' books, leaving it an empty ruin that stayed in their hands; its besieged people had sent a ringing poem begging the Muslims of Egypt and beyond for rescue and were answered only with a poem by Ibn Hijja.