Al-Sorour Palace “Al-Jaafaria” in Zaragoza
Ahmed bin Suleiman Abu Jaafar - who ruled the Kingdom of Zaragoza - built a palace on the outskirts of the city near the Ebro River to the east of the flat land (Al-Masarra) in the year 1065, where the palace was surrounded by forests and grain crops, and it was possible to see military training, equestrian sports, and ceremonial parades. Which was organized to highlight the power of the kingdom.
Al-Surur Palace, as Al-Muqtadir called it, was a place of rest, away from the main palace (Qasr Al-Sawda), where the political and administrative life of the kingdom took place. Abu Jafar had just recaptured “Barbastro”, which strengthened his position among the Taifa kingdoms, and as a tribute he called himself Al-Muqtadir Billah. This huge Jaafari palace is modeled on other Umayyad castles, similar to which we can still find in Syria and Jordan.
Al Jafaria is currently the only Islamic palace in the far north of Europe, better preserved from the time when Zaragoza (then known as the City of Al Bayda) was established as one of the most important cities of Andalusia.
Experts in science, philosophy and art lived within the palace walls, thanks to the patronage of Al-Muqtadir and his faithful son, and they visited it regularly, as it was later known as Al-Jaafariyya (Jafar's House).
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