تاريخ اختطاط العرب المسلمين للمدن في الأندلس

Abstract EN

The study of cities is one of the significant studies because the city is an important cultural unit, which shows the potentials of the society and its cultural achievement.

The History of Planning Cities of Arab Muslims in Al-Andulus is a vital topic for Al-Andulus was not an Arabic country before its conquer by Muslims.

Muslims inherited many cities, villages and fortresses which go back to various ages.

These places are planned and founded by those people who conquered these lands in the Iberian islands.

Some of these places go back to Romans and to Gothic.

Muslims got interests of the cities, harbors, villages, fortresses, spans and roads when they conquered Al-Andulus.

The age of Conquer and Wally (٩٢- ١٣٨ H.) was not suitable for Muslims to plan and found new cities.

Therefore, they resided in the cities and villages, which were founded before conquest.

After the settlement of Muslims, their increase of immigration and population, growth of fortune, the positive political development after the stability of the prince Abdulrahman Al-Dakhil (١٣٨-١٧٢ H.), Muslims started planning new cities to meet their developing needs whether social, economic or military.

All the cultural achievements of the Arab Muslims in Al-Andulus are considered very important in this part of the European continent.

The planning of cities and the great achievements of Arab Muslims in Al-Andulus through out history extended to more than eight centuries (٩٢-٨٩٧ H.) \ (٧١١-١٤٩٢ AC).

The study is divided into two chapters.

Chapter one deals with the history of planning cities of Arab Muslims in Al-Andulus in the age of Emirate (١٣٨-٣١٦ H.).

Chapter two deals with the history of planning cities of Arab Muslims in Al-Andulus in the age of Caliphate (٣١٦-٤٢٢H.), which is the age of prosperity and development in all the fields of life before the emergence of intrigue in ٣٩٩ H.