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 "id": "place/marrakesh",
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  "en": "Marrakesh",
  "ar": "مراكش"
 },
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  "en": "Moroccan city founded around 1070 CE by the Almoravids as their capital.",
  "ar": "مدينة مغربية أسسها المرابطون نحو سنة 1070م عاصمةً لهم. وعند ابن خلدون واختط يوسف بن تاشفين مدينة مراكش سنة 454هـ ونزلها وجعلها لنزله ولعسكره {cite:tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar p. 1646}"
 },
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 ],
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 ],
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  31.6342,
  -7.9999
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   "did_you_know": {
    "ar": "أسس المرابطون مراكش نحو سنة ١٠٧٠م عاصمةً لهم؛ يذكر ابن خلدون أن يوسف بن تاشفين اختطّها سنة ٤٥٤هـ وجعلها لنزله وعسكره.",
    "en": "The Almoravids founded Marrakesh around 1070 CE as their capital; Ibn Khaldun records Yusuf ibn Tashfin laying it out in 454 AH as his own and his army's seat.",
    "ur": "مرابطوں نے تقریباً 1070ء میں مراکش اپنی دارالحکومت بنا کر آباد کیا؛ ابن خلدون لکھتے ہیں یوسف بن تاشفین نے 454ھ میں اسے اپنے اور اپنے لشکر کے لیے بسایا۔",
    "sources": [
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     "source/geonames-gazetteer"
    ]
   }
  },
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   31.6342,
   -7.9999
  ],
  "coordinate_precision": "site",
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   "wikidata": "Q101625",
   "geonames": "2542997"
  },
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   "source/tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar",
   "source/geonames-gazetteer"
  ],
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   "review": "draft",
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  },
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "source/tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar",
   "generated_by": "Devin",
   "model": "unknown",
   "run": "education-E3-facts-batch9"
  }
 },
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "مدينة مغربية أسسها المرابطون نحو سنة 1070م عاصمة لهم. ويذكر ابن خلدون أن [[person/yusuf-ibn-tashfin|يوسف بن تاشفين]] اختط مراكش سنة 454هـ ونزلها، وجعلها لنزله ولعسكره. {cite:tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar p.1646}"
    }
   ],
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    "id": "place/marrakesh",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-16"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Marrakesh is a Moroccan city founded by the Almoravids as their capital around 1070 CE. Ibn Khaldun mentions that [[person/yusuf-ibn-tashfin|Yusuf ibn Tashfin]] laid out Marrakesh in 454 AH and settled there, making it the seat of his residence and his army. {cite:tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar p.1646}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "place/marrakesh",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-16"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "مغرب کا ایک شہر جسے مرابطین نے تقریباً 1070ء میں اپنا دارالحکومت بنانے کے لیے بسایا۔ ابن خلدون بیان کرتے ہیں کہ [[person/yusuf-ibn-tashfin|یوسف بن تاشفین]] نے سنہ 454ھ میں مراکش کا نقشہ بنایا، اس میں اترے، اور اسے اپنے قیام اور اپنے لشکر کے لیے مخصوص کیا۔ {cite:tarikh-ibn-khaldun-ibar p.1646}"
    }
   ],
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    "id": "place/marrakesh",
    "lang": "ur",
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    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-19"
  }
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 "updated": "2026-10-25",
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