In 711 AD, an Arab prince named Musa Ben Nusayr conquered most of Iberia and parts of southern France for the Ummayad Caliphate. A captain in the Berber army, Zaide Ben Kesadi El Sebseki, realising the importance of Ronda as a fortress managed to negotiate a peaceful surrender of the city in August of that year, and henceforth Ronda was known as Izn-Rand Onda which in the Arabic of the day meant “City of the Castle”, and became capital of the Cora of Takurunna of the Córdoba Emirate.
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Wildside Holidays – Grazalema | Nature, wildlife and culture walking holidays in the Sierra de… Wildside Holidays – Grazalema. Walking and nature holidays (Guided and Self Guided) in the stunning Sierra de Grazalema in western Andalucia Facebook – Ronda Today