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  • El-Mansuriya

  • El-Mansuriya

    El-Mansuriya or Mansouria, also Sabra, is a historic city located in Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia. It was the capital of the Fatimid Caliphate between 946 - 975 AD. The city was built as a walled city holding elaborate palaces surrounded by gardens, artificial pools and water channels. The caliph's palace (Al-Mansur Billah Palace) ruins are located near the center of the city.
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    El-Mansuriya
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    El-Mansuriya
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    El-Mansuriya
    by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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    El-Mansuriya

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    Historic Cities and Regions

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    Tunisia

    Kairouan

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    10th Century AD

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