a new fortified administrative

In 1276, the Marinid Sultan Abu Yusuf Yacqûb (1212-1286) founded Fâs aj-Jdid, a new fortified administrative city to house his troops and the royal palace. The city included a southern district known as Hims, which was initially inhabited by Muslim garrisons, particularly the Sultan’s mercenary contingents of Syrian archers who were later disbanded. (6) The same district, however, was also known as Mellah (“saline area”) due either to a source of salt water in the area or to the presence of an ancient salt warehouse. It was this name that was later retained as the name of the next Jewish neighborhood in the area. (7) Subsequently, the name came to be associated by analogy with similar neighborhoods that were later created in other cities such as Marrakech สล็อต เว็บตรง