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	Lt. Merinid Rostarr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Merinid acquired a bronze fire-lizard in the April 2294 hatching, and named it Palantir, which in his native language means "prophetic sight", or "all seeing".
		Prior History: Merinid was born on the Outer Rim Planet Dilliv IX but spent much of his teenage life with a band of outlaw techs moving from one isolated planet to the next and learning the arts of starship design and construction.
		Merinid, a newly turned Jedi Knight challenged the dark Lord, and was left for dead after the duel, his face, throat, and chest slashed open in a long cauterized gash down the left side which left him eyeless on one side and clinging to life.
	www.fortunecity.com /rivendell/mage/66/character.html (2255 words)

	Merinid dynasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Merinid dynasty; a Berber dynasty in Morocco (1244-1465)
		However in 1340 the Merinids suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Castille at the Battle of Salado, and finally had to withdraw from Andalucia.
		Merinid rulers after 1358 came under the control of the Wattasids which exercised the real power in the empire as viziers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Merinid_dynasty (429 words)

	BATTLES OF CASTILE & LEON
		A Merinid army, under the command of the prince Abd-al-Malik, conquers the city of Gibraltar.
		Naval battle: admiral Jofre Tenorio is forced by the Court to present battle against a superior Merinid fleet, and is defeated and killed.
		Merinids were leaded by the king of Fez Abdul Hassan, and helped by the King of Granada.
	es.geocities.com /endovelico2001/med/battle.html (2806 words)

	The Islamic World to 1600: The Fractured Caliphate and the Regional Dynasties (West Africa)
		He is generally credited with solidifying the presence of Islam in West Africa, which until his rule was present only in missions and Muslim trading posts, although the religion still had little influence on the general population.
		As well, Mansa Musa was instrumental in expanding his kingdom's gold trade to the Mediterranean, through increased trading ties with the Merinid empire in North Africa and the Mamluks in Egypt.
		By 1591, however, the kingdom had become too large to administer, and an invasion from Morocco that year virtually destroyed the empire.
	www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/islam/fractured/westAfrica.html (723 words)

	Fez
		An edifice of modest proportions built in the 9th century by Meriem, El Kairaouani’s daughter, it was embellished with a minaret almost identical to that of its rival, the Kairouan Mosque, in 956, financed by the Caliph of Cordoba, Abd Er-Rahman III.
		Also known as the Merinid Medersa, it was built between 1350 and 1357 under the auspices of Sultan Abou Inan and is the largest Medersa in Fez.
		The necropolis perpetuates the memory of the Merinid sovereigns, to whom the whole nation attributes the cultural and religious influence of Fez, their art finding expression in mosques, and especially in medersas which fostered the spread of religious learning.
	www.travel-in-morocco.com /fesGB.htm (2446 words)

	Mareschals
		Once a Chendre in the Hordes' Drow contingent, Merinid Aleval was an ambitious male Drow who, despite his lofty position (for a male) had grown to despise the Matriarchal nature of Drow society.
		Even before their defeat at Galden Field, Merinid had left the Drow army, taking a handful of his chosen troops, mostly male, and, together with some human troops from the forces of Iuz, left on a spree of plunder and pillage throughout Sheldomar.
		Merinid Aleval, however, never saw trial - two days before, within his cell in the Rychskurt Gaol, he was found dead.
	freespace.virgin.net /scott.rennie/mareschals.htm (4220 words)

	Morocco
		Future dynasties, however, abandoned Fez for Marrakech, and it was not until the rise of the Merinid dynasty in the fourteenth century that Fez once again became the heart of the Moroccan empire.
		Unlike preceding dynasties, the Merinids, natives of the frontier region between modern Morocco and Algeria, had no holy blood ties and as a result tried to legitimize their reign and express their piety through the construction of Islamic colleges, or madrassas.
		Intricate surface embellishment became the signature of the Merinid era, reaching its height in the Sahrij and Sbaiyin Madrassa Complex, a chef d’oeuvre of Merinid art.
	www.engr.psu.edu /AE/newsletters/newsletter/Fa02/Research.htm (1107 words)

	Global Heritage Fund - Site Profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The region was abandoned in the 13th century after the decline of Rabat and the transition of power to Fez, but was resettled by the Merinids between the 14th and 16th centuries.
		Exquisite Roman columns and statues, fashioned from Italian marble, and carved with Latin inscriptions, are strewn throughout the city.
		Built upon the Roman ruins is the magnificent medieval stone fortress, flanked by two formidable towers, and its necropolis of ornately decorated royal tombs.
	www.globalheritagefund.org /sites/EMEA/africa/chellah.html (219 words)

	In Morocco by Edith Wharton eBook by BookRags
		This cloistered plan, where all the effect is reserved for the interior facades about the court, lends itself to a delicacy of detail that would be inappropriate on a street-front; and the medersas of Fez are endlessly varied in their fanciful but never exuberant decoration.
		The Arab chroniclers paint pictures of Merinid palaces, such as the House of the Favourite at Cordova, which the soberer modern imagination refused to accept until the medersas of Fez were revealed, and the old decorative tradition was shown in the eighteenth century Moroccan palaces.
		With regard to the immense fortifications that are the most picturesque and noticeable architectural features of Morocco, the first thing to strike the traveller is the difficulty of discerning any difference in the probable date of their construction until certain structural peculiarities are examined, or the ornamental details of the great gateways are noted.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/11104/101.html (283 words)

	Hassan Al Wazzan aka Leo Africanus
		He lived during the end of the Merinid era, improved his education in their medrassas and was regarded as a shining outcome of the Merinid's stable and brilliant Islamic civilization..
		Even though we know of him only through what was written about him in the west, he represents a golden era of our past, a most thriving period for the Moslem world with the city of Fez at the vanguard of science and civilization and the meeting place of western and eastern worlds.
		His family left Andalusia for Morocco and headed for the Merinid capital where Hassan ben Mohammed Al Wazan pursued his studies, mastering to perfection the Arabic language and the disciplines of knowledge to which it gave birth.
	www.said-hajji.com /en/book-leo.html (4734 words)

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		Toward the end of the 13th century, the Merinids of Fez waged war against the Zianids for domination of the Magreb and laid siege to Tlemcen in 1299 and started constructing the city of Mansourah outside the walls of the city.
		The struggle between the Zianids and Merinids continued for decades and Tlemcen was besieged again between 1337 and 1359 until finally it fell and the Merinids returned to rule from Mansourah.
		Throughout this period Tlemcen was dominated alternately by the Merinids of Fez and Hafsids of Tunis.
	www.arab.net /algeria/aa_tlemcen.htm (436 words)

	La Maison Bleu : Riad Maroc - Fès - Riad Morocco - Fes
		Le patio principal, de style architectural arabo-andalous (Dynastie Merinide), est complètement ouvert au ciel avec piscine et arbres fruitiers.
		The main courtyard, built in the Arabo-Andalusian style (Merinid Dynasty), is open to the sky and contains a swimming pool and fruit trees.
		The eleven deluxe rooms and two standard rooms (five opening onto the patios and eight on the upper levels) are paved with zellij mosaics and sport architectural features such as worked cedarwood, carved stucco and Andalusian high ceilings.
	www.maisonbleue.com (494 words)

	Revenge of a Drow - www.ezboard.com
		Merinid Illistyn, the representative of House Illistyn, was a powerful wizard indeed.
		She slipped in the room, Merinid was talking to a human slave.
		Merinid turned, and the dagger found its way to his face, killing him instantly.
	p206.ezboard.com /fdndstorywritersfrm6.showMessage?topicID=44.topic (1715 words)

	INTRODUCTION
		Under the control of the Merinid dynasty, al- Umari says that it is one of the mightiest cities of Morocco, one of the biggest cities of the West and most celebrated in the world...possessed of imposing palaces, high buildings and tall gates.
		In the late fourteenth century, the political situation deteriorated into squabbling between regional governors and Merinid sultans and among the Merinid hierarchy itself.
		In a civil war in 1393, the inhabitants killed the governor, destroyed the walls of the city, and moved to the ksour (fortified villages) in the surrounding area.
	www.mtsu.edu /~sijilmas/history.html (809 words)

	al-Fasi and Founding of Fes
		This is reflected in the structure of the city, which includes the old medina in a low-lying bowl, with the new Merinid part of the city (Fès el-Jdid), which is the seat of military power and which includes military watch towers and outposts, on higher ground that is contiguous with and overlooking the old medina.
		Al Fāsi’s account is a piece of propaganda that ignores the bloody uprisings of 1250 and 1270, and instead strives to consolidate power through an emphasis on cultural unity rather than on the force that was in reality the linchpin of the régime.
		Besides developing parallels between Idrissid and Merinid leaders, al-Fāsi describes the characteristics of Fès (its magical waters, location, availability of salt, its intelligent and loyal citizens) in a way that the inhabitants can collectively take pride in their city, including its able and powerful and charismatic Merinid leader.
	www.aui.ma /personal/~L.Dahmen/naliterature/notes/June11alFasi.htm (796 words)

	MOROCCAN BRONZE WORK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Two long centuries would pass before these bronze-lined doors resurfaced during the Merinid dynasty, although the Almohad period before it has left us some bronze furniture.
		Under the Merinides, metalworking techniques changed, reflecting a new aesthetic.
		The door of the Fez madrasas, or colleges, lined with bronze that is not molded but chiseled, introduced a form of tracery based on a starred square, sometimes similar to that used in pulpits.
	www.southbazar.com /english/ev-infos/technics/ev-mdoccui.htm (1414 words)

	The Hassan II Mosque
		These buildings and their ornamental characteristics will be a source of inspiration to the works achieved later on.
		Thus, the Almoravid-inspired foiled arches, the wood, turned, assembled, painted and engraved, cherished by the Merinids: the floral ornamentations and inscriptions on chiselled plaster are harmoniously interlaced with new designs and original chromes in our tradition.
		The Hassan II Mosque undeniably marks the continuity of a Modernized ancestral art and bears the sign of innovations that are due not only to technical reasons but also to a fertile exploration of new aesthetic possibilities.
	www.arabwebsite.com /hassanIImosque.htm (978 words)

	THE GIBRALTAR MUSEUM - Moorish Baths
		The baths operated much like saunas do today where the bather alternates between the hot and cold rooms thereby cleansing their body.
		The location of these baths is within, what would have been, the grounds of the Merinid Governor of Gibraltar’s palace, and so are not public baths but rather for the use of the Governor and his household.
		The bathing complex was originally larger than what survives today, but a section of the building was destroyed during the Great Siege of 1779-83.
	www.gib.gi /museum/baths.htm (282 words)

	Spain 2002 - page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		A lovely white Andalusian city set upon the Mediterranean Sea near Tangier, Tetuan traces its origins back to 3rd century B.C. Then it was a settlement called Tamouda which existed until 42 A. when it was destroyed by Roman armies.
		When the Merinid sultan Abu Thabit constructed a kasbah at Tetuan in 1307, the Muslim city began to find its form.
		However, as a refuge for Barbary pirates, Tetuan drew the wrath of the Castilian king Henry III whose forces overran the city and sacked it in 1399.
	www.runningbear.com /main/Spain-2002/Text/MOROCCO-4.html (177 words)

	AllRefer.com - FEs (Morocco Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		It gave its name to the brimless felt caps that were formerly characteristic items of Muslim dress in the Middle East.
		FEs was the capital of several dynasties and reached its zenith under the Merinid sultans in the mid-14th cent.
		It declined under the Sa'adi and Filali dynasties, who chose Marrakech as their capital.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/F/Fes.html (293 words)

	World Monuments Watch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Symbols of dynastic piety and power, the Sahrij and Sbaiyin Madrassas were commissioned in 1321 and 1323, respectively, by the Merinid Crown Prince Abu al-Hassan.
		The madrassa complex served as a boarding house where scholars lived, studied, and prayed in close proximity to the Andalous Mosque, one of the most important religious centers in the Fez Medina.
		Following restoration, the Sahrij Madrassa will continue to function as a school while the Sbaiyin Madrassa will be used as an exhibition space.
	www.wmf.org /html/programs/morsah.html (172 words)

	Al Jadid
		His prayer must have been heard, for from its inception it became known as the "City of Islam" and the leading center of culture and religious learning in North and West Africa.
		Modern Fez, with one million inhabitants, is divided into three sections: Fez el-Bali, the original city; Fez Jedid, constructed in the 13th century by the Merinids; and Ville Nouvelle, with broad avenues and modern buildings, built after the French occupation in 1912.
		Each of these areas has its own distinct character, but Fez el-Bali, or as it is commonly called el-Medina, is the mecca for visitors to this historic city.
	www.aljadid.com /travel/0207salloum.html (839 words)

	Welcome to ADDOU 's World
		A lovely white Andalusian city set upon the Mediterranean Sea near Tangier, Tetouan traces its origins back to 3rd century B.C. Then it was a settlement called Tamouda which existed until 42A.D. when it was destroyed by Roman armies.
		When the Merinid sultan Abu Thabit constructed a kasbah at Tetouan in 1307, the Muslim city began to find its form.
		However, as a refuge for Barbary pirates, Tetouan drew the wrath of the Castilian king Henry III whose forces overran the city and sacked it in 1399.
	www.geocities.com /CapeCanaveral/8388 (560 words)

	Europe's 13th-Century Progress by Sanderson Beck
		Muslims aided by Merinids from Morocco tried to drive out Christian garrisons; but Jaime I of Aragon recaptured Murcia from the Muslims, and his father-in-law Alfonso X invaded the Vega of Granada in 1265.
		At an assembly in 1288 Lopez de Haro threatened King Sancho with his sword and was killed, renewing the civil war between the Haro, Lara, and Cerda families.
		In 1292 Granada's Muhammad II helped Sancho take strategic Tarifa from the Merinid Muslims; but the Castilian king refused to hand over the town, though the Nasrids of Granada managed to recapture two frontier forts from his successor while raiding the Guadalquivir valley.
	www.san.beck.org /AB21-Europe13thCentury.html (23696 words)

	Gibraltar Museum attractions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Gibraltar's Governor, General Sir Alexander Godley founded the museum in 1930 The building was converted from two officers quarters one of which was a house known as Bomb House, the former residence of the Principal Artillery Officer.
		The site was specifically chosen because below the building was an almost intact Moorish Bath, dating to the 14th century North African Merinid Dynasty which ruled in Gibraltar.
		In fact, the baths were in such an amazing state of preservation, that they were held to be the best in existence in Europe at the time.
	www.discovergibraltar.com /sites/town/museum/musfrm.htm (1076 words)

	Expeditions in Morocco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		The Mellah (name given to the Fes Jewish quarter and subsequently to every Jewish quarter in Morocco) was built in the 14th
		century, as a part of the 'new town' (Fes el Djedid) hosting the administrative apparatus of the Merinid rule.
		Its name derives from the Arabic Al Mellah (salty), as the land it was built on was of a particularly saline composition.
	www.leoafricanus.com /expeditions/trip2_2-2001/Fes_Cristel.html (638 words)

	Fez city - Merinid Tombs - v1.0
		Were originally established within the walls of an old Merinid Kasbah.
		Visitors should take a car to get there easily.
		The place also gives a spectacular overview of the Medina.
	www.freewebtown.com /fezcity/home/Merinid_Tombs.html (43 words)

	Welcome to Cities Direct : City Break Desinations - Europe & Worldwide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
		Search the souks for bargains, or explore the Medersa Bou Inania Islamic University's impressive 14th-century bulk and distinctly Moroccan architecture.
		Take in the sunset from the hillside Tombs of the Merinid Sultans.
		As the muezzins call from the minarets, the glistening greens and golds of the mosques' sickle moons in the dusk capture the true timeless nature of a city where life continues much the same as it has for centuries.
	www.citiesdirect.co.uk /destinations.asp?destinationname=FEZ (380 words)

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