Madinat al-Zahra or Medina Azahara (Arabic: مدينة الزهراء, romanized: Madīnat az-Zahrā, lit. 'the radiant city') was a fortified palace-city on the western...

palace-city of Madinat al-Zahra, first built by his father Abd ar-Rahman III after 936, continued to be built up and renovated under al-Hakam II. Al-Hakam married...

carved onto limestone panels on the walls at Madinat al-Zahra.: 121–124 : 103–104   It is also at Madinat al-Zahra that the "caliphal" style of horseshoe arch...

from Madinat al-Zahra (10th century) Example of a marble capital from Madinat al-Zahra, 10th century Marble basin crafted for 'Abd al-Malik (son of al-Mansur)...

into slavery and raised within the Madīnat al-Zahrā palace. She then pursued a career within the palace as part of Al-Hakam II's team of copyists. Little...

forced Muhammad II al-Mahdi to flee to Toledo. They then installed Sulayman as caliph, and based themselves in the Madinat al-Zahra to avoid friction with...

since been expanded to encompass the whole historic centre of Córdoba. Madinat al-Zahra near the city is also a World Heritage Site while the Festival de los...

the Madinat al-Zahra workshops, near modern-day Cordoba, Spain and is thought to have been a coming-of-age present for the son of caliph 'Abd al-Rahman...

Abd ar-Rahman III, at the height of his power, began construction of Madinat al-Zahra, a luxurious palace-city to serve as a new capital.: 51–58  The Umayyads...

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both earlier Abbasid palaces (such as Ukhaidir) and the halls of Madinat al-Zahra. Al-Mansur's palace is also described by historical sources as facing...

Hanifa Al Elb Dam, Wadi Hanifa Cathedral of St. Vincent de Paul, Tunis, 1897 Municipal Theatre, Tunis, by Jean Emile Resplandy, 1902 Madinat Al-Zahra, Spain...

example of the aforementioned is "The Pyxis of al-Mughira," made at the Royal Workshop at Madinat al-Zahra, Spain, This Ivory Casket was gifted to the prince...

Andalusian elites. Madinat al-Zahra was designed by Umayyad caliph Abd al-Rahman III and constructed with supervision from his son, Al-Hakam II. It was...

charbagh include the former Bulkawara Palace in Samarra, Iraq, and Madinat al-Zahra near Córdoba, Spain. An interpretation of the charbagh design is conveyed...

northwest). Although later mosques in Al-Andalus did have more eastern-facing orientations (e.g. the Mosque of Madinat al-Zahra in the 10th century), later expansions...

and elaborated in later monuments in the region. The construction of Madinat al-Zahra, a new capital and monumental palace-city in the 10th century, also...

built during the Umayyad Emirate and Caliphate periods of Al-Andalus (such as Madinat al-Zahra), and demonstrates the importance of military impregnability...

ruins of the large palace-city Madinat Al-Zahra outside Cordoba. A different hind fountainhead found in Madinat Al-Zahra is in the National Archaeological...

al-Rahman III (912-961) and al-Hakam II (961-976), between 3750 and 6087 saqaliba slaves were listed to have lived in the Royal Palace of Madinat al-Zahra...

traditions and policies had earlier precedents in al-Andalus – such as the creation of Madinat al-Zahra near Cordoba – and were subsequently repeated by...

projects in the Iberian Peninsula such as the Great Mosque of Córdoba and Madinat al-Zahra, which influenced later architecture in the western Islamic world....

spoliated Umayyad-era capitals from the 9th-10th centuries in the style of Madinat al-Zahra. Leopoldo Torres Balbás counted 92 such capitals reused in the tower...

Important examples of riads, or riad-like gardens, in al-Andalus are found at Madinat al-Zahra (10th century), the Aljaferia (11th century), the Castillejo...

consolidated in the 10th-century during the Caliphal period, as seen at Madinat al-Zahra, where the arches consist of about three quarters of a circle and are...

seigneurs de la Marche (Aṣḥābu al-Ṯaġri): les Banū 'Amrūs et les Banū Šabrīṭ de Huesca", Cuadernos de Madinat al-Zahra: Revista de difusión científica...

patrimonioculturaldearagon.es. Retrieved 28 September 2018. "Cordoba City - Madinat al-Zahra". andalucia.com. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2018. "Church...

locations. The objects on display include 10th-century marble pieces from Madinat al-Zahra and other sites of the Caliphate era, fragments and panels of original...

the Iberian Peninsula were likely constructed in the workshops of Madinat al-Zahra, a Umayyad palace in Cordoba. The containers were intricately carved...

It was crafted at Madinat al-Zahra between 1002 and 1007 to serve as ablutions basin and was dedicated to 'Abd al-Malik, the son of al-Mansur, and was one...