Foundation of al-Mansuria period (1 Jan 942 Jahr – 1 Jan 946 Jahr)

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Al- Mansuriya was located less than 2 kilometres south of the existing city of Qayrawan. It replaced Al-Mahdiya as the capital of the empire. Al-Mansur moved to the new city in 948. The city was original from Baghdad, and the choice of layout may have been intended as a challenge to the Sunni Muslim Abbasid Caliphate based in Baghdad.The walls were twelve cubits wide that made of burned brick jointed with lime mortar. The space between the walls and the interior buildings was equal to the width of a highway. The city includes mosques, and palace was located near the center of the city which used for ceremonial, diplomatic and administrative purposes. According to Ibn Hammad, he described the palace buildings as high and splendid structures surrounded by gardens and waters as if it showed the wealth and power of the caliph during that time. The city was primarily a royal residence that contained palaces, gardens, a menagerie with lions, barracks and the royal stables. During that time, Al-Mansur moved 14,000 Kutama families to the city and set up marketplace. After the Fatimid caliphs moved to Egypt, Al-Mansuriya remained the capital of the Zirids, who became the local rulers, for the next eighty-five years

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