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Qal'at Banu Sa'id

قلعة بني سعيد

The Banu Sa'id fortress — anciently Astulir or Qal'at Yahsub, where a Yemeni clan settled at the conquest — home of the historian's family and of the Musahhib's commissioning 1.

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Qal'at Bani Sa'id is a fortress in al-Andalus, which was known earlier as the Fortress of Astalir. Al-Maqqari reports from al-Mallahi that it was known as the Fortress of Yahsib, and that a group from Yemen settled in it at the conquest of al-Andalus. In it al-Hajari composed the book "al-Musahhab" for its lord, Abd al-Malik ibn Sa'id, and it is the home of the house of Ibn Sa'id. 2

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  1. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p. 332
  2. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p.332
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islam.museum contributors. “Qal'at Banu Sa'id”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/qalat-bani-said/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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