Seville

إشبيلية

Spanish city known in Arabic as Ishbiliya, a major city of al-Andalus and a capital under the Almohads.

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al-Andalus & Europe
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Seville is a Spanish city, one of the greatest cities of al-Andalus, and was a capital in the time of the Almohads. 1

Not covered here: the historical events of the city, which need an additional source.

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Place of death of
Abu Ali al-Shalubin· Ibn al-Dabbagh
Birthplace of
ابن زهر الحفيد
Site of
The Almoravid seizure of Seville· The fall of Seville by treaty· Appearance of Majus ships in al-Andalus, 245· Majus landing at Seville, 230 AH

People and things also explored

Abd al-Rahman II ibn al-Hakam· al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad· يوسف بن تاشفين أمير المسلمين· Marrakesh· Almohad Caliphate· Almoravid dynasty· The Almoravid seizure of Seville· The fall of Seville by treaty

Sources

  1. GeoNames gazetteer
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islam.museum contributors. “Seville”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/seville/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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Abd al-Rahman II ibn al-Hakam

Fifth Umayyad emir of Córdoba (AH 206–238): he rode out himself to welcome Ziryab from Iraq in 206; in 230 the Majus stormed Seville and were beaten back through Sidonia, Niebla, Beja and Lisbon; in 231 his mangonels took León — its wall seventeen cubits thick proved too wide to raze.