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Lower March (al-Andalus)
The Lower March (al-Thaghr al-Adna) was the western frontier district of Umayyad al-Andalus, facing the Christian kingdom of León. Centred first on Mérida and later on Badajoz, founded in the 870s by the rebel Ibn Marwan, it was one of three marches alongside the Middle and Upper Marches. After the Caliphate of Córdoba collapsed in the 11th century, its territory formed the core of the Taifa of Badajoz.
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