Biggest Cities of the Almohad Caliphate in 1230 AD

    1. Fez						200k				(1)
    2. Isbiliyyah (Seville)				150k				(1)
    3. Marrakesh					150k				(1)
    4. Garnatah (Granada)				60k				(1)
    5. Qurtubah (Córdoba)				60k				(1)
    6. Béjaïa						50k				(1)
    7. Rabat						50k				(1)
    8. Sabtah (Ceuta)					40k				(1)
    9. Tlemcen						35k				(3)
    10. Meknes						33k				(3)
    11. Tunis						30k				(3)
    12. Mayurqah (Palma de Mallorca)			23k				(1)
    13. Balansiyyah (Valencia)				21k				(1)
    14. Batalyaws (Badajoz)				20k				(1)
    15. Constantine					20k				(3)
    16. Kairouan					20k				(3)
    17. Mahdia						20k				(3)
    18. Malaqah (Málaga)				20k				(1)
    19. Sijilmasa					20k				(3)
    20. Madinat Al-Mariyyah (Almería)			18k				(15)
    21. Gayyan (Jaén)					17k				(15)
    22. Qartagannah al-Halfa (Cartagena)		17k				(15)
    23. Maridah (Mérida)				16k				(15)
    24. Gabès						15k				(11) ~30 ha, high density medina
    25. Salé						15k				(4) ~90 ha, lower density medina, 150/ha
    26. Saris (Jerez de la Frontera)			15k				(1)
    27. Sousse						15k				(12) ~30 ha, high density medina
    28. Mursiyyah (Murcia)				11k				(15)
    29. Algiers						10k				(9) ~20 ha, high density medina
    30. Annaba						10k				(10) ~20 ha, high density medina
    31. Balis (Vélez-Málaga)				10k				(15)
    32. Istiggah (Écija)				10k				(15)
    33. Monastir					10k				(14) ~20 ha, high density medina
    34. Oujda						10k				(8) ~20 ha, high density medina
    35. Oran						10k				(7) ~20 ha, high density? Chandler 20k in 1300
    36. Sfax						10k				(13)  ~20 ha, high density medina
    37. Tahert (Tagdemt)				10k				(2) 70 ha, status uncertain, 150/ha
    38. Tangier						10k				(6) ~20 ha, high density medina
    39. Taza						10k				(5) ~20 ha, high density medina
    40. Tripoli						10k				(1)



    • (0) https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.31430/almuntaqa.2.1.0024 – Population density used for a dense medina quarter = 500 per hectare
    • (1) https://archive.org/details/fourthousandyear0000chan
    • (2) https://gyazo.com/b59cf7e4f6fa47ba0cd3293e78a691b5
    • (3) https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1293&context=ccr
    • (4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medina_of_Sal%C3%A9
    • (5) https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2FWPF1D/taza-vintage-town-city-tourist-plan-morocco-1966-old-vintage-map-chart-2FWPF1D.jpg
    • (6) https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:f7f02498-4ae1-4ff0-81f6-aad909f041b1/
    • (7) https://i.etsystatic.com/9786857/r/il/9e6d02/5359577090/il_1140xN.5359577090_lbyv.jpg
    • (8) https://s2.wklcdn.com/image_0/25724/29427702/18802157Master.jpg
    • (9) https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/data/13030/jk/ft8c6009jk/figures/ft8c6009jk_00001.gif
    • (10) https://gyazo.com/ff0748b86e84d7c666d082edad8c6f79
    • (11) https://gyazo.com/3cd4e8d04b99c84dc785367fac417b5e – rough estimate from old buildings
    • (12) https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/498/
    • (13) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medina_of_Sfax#Architecture
    • (14) https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330292046_Visualizing_urban_sprawl_effects_of_a_Tunisian_city_a_new_urban_spatial_configuration_of_Monastir#pf4
    • (15) https://ssh.datastations.nl/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.17026/dans-xzy-u62q