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🇲🇦 Morocco · Ancient city

Sijilmasa — Trans-Saharan Gold Entrepôt Draa

Midrarid Kharijite foundation 757 CE to Alaouite 1818 destruction · Miknasa Kharijite → Almoravid → Marinid caravan city (Ibn Battuta)

Sijilmasa excavated by Lightfoot & Miller 1988–, Midrarid Kharijite 757, 14th c. Leo Africanus description.