Al-Andalus

Qalʿat ʿAbd al-Salām قلعة عبد السلام

Today: Alcalá de Henares, Spain

Years
711–1118

Qalʿat ʿAbd al-Salām was the fortress on the hill above the Henares where the Muslim town stood, opposite Roman Complutum; the archbishop of Toledo took it in 1118.

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