Qal'at al-Mashwār
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Qal'at al-Mashwār

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The Qal'at al-Mashwar at the heart of Tlemcen rises as both fortified royal residence and the seat of Zayyanid court ceremony, housing the dīwān that taxes the Saharan caravans from Sijilmasa and Ouargla, the Mediterranean shipping from Oran, and the overland passage between Fez and Tunis. Its triple-walled enclosure concentrates the offices of state, including administrative chambers, the mint, the markets of the Mechouar quarter, and the sultan's personal guard, within a single defensible compound. A stronghold at once palace and treasury lends the Zayyanid capital a fiscal weight beyond any purely territorial Maghrebi state, and the strength that comes from holding every organ of state behind the same walls.

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  1. Agriculture
  2. Windmill
  3. Ranching
  4. Horse-Riding
  5. Feudalism
  6. Qal'at al-Mashwār

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