It would have been constructed on the site of an ancient Almoravid or Almohad madrasa. |
It was no longer the glorious city of the days before the Almoravid conquest. |
Recent excavations have revealed the remains of the ancient gateway and the Almoravid wall. |
Several hundred metres to the west, the Koubba Ba'Adiyn is the only remaining building from the Almoravid period. |
This dinar coin has kufic inscriptions on both faces and was minted during the reign of the Almoravid Ali ibn Yusuf in AlmerÃa, Spain. |
Later in life he visited Cordova, already in its decline through the illiberal government of the Almoravid dynasty. |