| His son, , built a settlement called Al-'Aliya on the opposing river bank in 809 and moved his capital here from | Upon the death of Idris II in 828, the dynasty's territory was divided among his sons |
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| The medina of Fez is listed as a and is believed to be one of the world's largest urban car-free areas | It also has from the 11th century, one of the oldest in the world |
The Medina of Fez is considered as one of the most extensive and best conserved historic towns of the Arab-Muslim world.
11| Following another successful but ephemeral Fatimid takeover of Morocco in 979 by , the forces of of Cordoba managed to retake the region again, expelling the Fatimids permanently | : 377 Today Fez remains a regional capital and one of Morocco's most important cities |
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| Up until the late 19th century, the city was the only place in the world which fabricated the | : 51 With the influx of -speaking Andalusians and Tunisians, the majority of the population was Arab, but rural Berbers from the surrounding countryside settled there throughout this early period, mainly in Madinat Fas the Andalusian quarter and later in during the Marinid period |
One immediate consequence was the in Fez, a popular uprising which included deadly attacks targeting Europeans as well as native Jewish inhabitants in the Mellah, followed by an even deadlier repression.
13| During this period, the two formerly divided cities known as Madinat Fas and al-'Aliya were united under a single enclosure | 8 Average snowy days 0 |
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| They later in 1554 with Ottoman support, but this reconquest was short-lived and later that same year the Wattasids were decisively defeated by the Saadis | "Transformations in medieval Fez: Almoravid hydraulic system and changes in the Almohad walls" |
Madrasas [ ] The interior view of built by the sultan in 1323—1325.
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