It remained under Turkish rule until the | In 1390 it was the target of the , when a French army laid siege to the city but failed to take it |
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The emperor ordered the Viceroy of Sicily, , to dismantle Mahdia despite it being a strategically important stronghold | It was chosen as the capital because of its proximity to the sea, and the promontory on which an important military settlement had been since the time of the |
The dynasty had its residence here in the 11th century, but was brought to an end by the in 1148.
"Aphrodisium, which is now commonly called Africa, but by the Moors Mahdia"• [ ] During the in , Mahdia was the site where hid approximately nearly two dozen persecuted | Mesnage, , Paris 1912, p |
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then offered the charge of the town to the who but they refused it deeming it too expensive | [ ] In 1087, by raiding ships from and who burned the Muslim fleet in the harbor |
Weisel, Eva 27 December 2011 | The 's list of includes a no longer residential called Africa and, since there is no record of an episcopal see in times called by either of these names nor by that of Alipota, another Roman town that Charles Tissot suggested tentatively might be represented by present-day Mehdia , it is supposed that the of Africa was established when the city was held by the , as a part of the 1147—1160 and when consecrated a bishop for it in 1148 |
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[ ] The role of the capital was taken over by in the 12th century during the Almohad era, which it remained during the | 2 Average mm inches 43 |