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Abu Nur Hilal ibn Abi Qurra

11th century · 11th century

Abu Nur Hilal ibn Abi Qurra was a chief of the Banu Ifran, a Zanata Berber clan, who made himself independent at Ronda around 1015, at first as a governor for the Hammudid caliphs. He founded the Taifa of Ronda, centred on the gorge-top town, which his family held until the Abbadids of Seville annexed it in 1065.

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