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Every place in the atlas labelled islamic cities.
🇪🇹 Ethiopia · Ancient city
Early Islamic to Medieval (600–1500 CE) · Harla / Islamic-Ethiopian (Cushitic-Arabian)
Harlaa (Ganda Biyo) is a medieval Islamic city-state (6th–15th c CE) on the southern Afar escarpment 15 km SE of Dire Dawa, excavated 2017– by Exeter & Ethiopian Authority.
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Marinid (1299–1307 CE) · Berber Marinid / Zayyanid
Mansourah is the 1299–1307 Marinid siege-camp turned fortified city 4 km W of Tlemcen, built by Sultan Abu Yaqub to blockade Zayyanid Tlemcen for 8-year siege (longest medieval siege in Maghreb).
🇩🇿 Algeria · Ancient city
Islamic Hammadid (1007–1152 CE) · Berber Hammadid / Zirid
Kalaa (Qal'a) of Beni Hammad is the 1007 CE Hammadid capital 1418 m in Hodna mountains, UNESCO 102.
🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city
Almoravid to Almohad (1050–1147 CE) · Berber Almoravid (Sanhaja) → Almohad
Aghmat is the buried Almoravid capital (11th c) 32 km S of Marrakech under modern village: 8 ha walled medina (11th c Almoravid to 12th c Almohad) with hammam, qasr, and 11th c mausolea of Almoravid…
