Queen Toda approached Córdoba’s great ruler, the caliph ’Abd al-Rahman III, with two bold requests: help with a cure for her grandson’s morbid obesity and military support to regain the throne.

Built by the Moors in a defensive position at the heart of the Caliphate of Cordoba, Cuenca is an unusually well-preserved medieval fortified city. Conquered by the Castilians in the 12th century, it ...

Wallada the only child of one of the last Umayyad caliphs alMustakfi murdered in ... herself with the artistic and the cultured elite of Cordoba of the time The film is both the portrait of ...