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4 unusual facts about Mahdia


Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah

The Great mosque of Mahdia was built in 916 CE on the southern side of the peninsula.

Antoniotto Adorno

In June 1388, the Christian fleet conquered Jerba and in 1390 another expedition benefiting from French and English support was launched against Mahdia.

Crescent

These include: the flags of the kings of Damascus and Lucha (yellow with a white crescent); Cairo (white with a blue crescent); Mahdia in Tunisia (white with a purple crescent); Tunis (white with a black crescent); and Buda (white with a red crescent).

Mahdia, Guyana

This bridge which is suspended by cables was named the Denham Suspension Bridge, after the then Colonial Governor Sir Edward Denham.


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Banu Hilal

They both settled in Mahdia in Tunisia, and raided Algeria from time to time, pushing the Hammadid dynasty from the Beni Hammad Fort in M'Sila to Bejaia.

Bartica

The Denham Suspension Bridge, also known as the Garraway Stream Bridge, links Bartica to Mahdia.

Fatimid architecture

The wealth of Fatimid architecture was found in the main cities of Mahdia (921–948), Al-Mansuriya (948–973) and Cairo (973–1169).

Ksour

Ksour Essef, a town and commune in the Mahdia Governorate, Tunisia

Star and crescent

14th-century Muslim flags with an upward-pointing crescent in a monocolour field included the flags of Gabes, Tlemcen (Tilimsi), Damas and Lucania, Cairo, Mahdia, Tunis and Buda.

Zirid dynasty

After the loss of Kairouan (1057) the rule of the Zirids was limited to a coastal strip with Mahdia as the capital, while several Bedouin Emirates formed inland.


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