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THE BANU HUDAYL in 1499 AD
The clan of Hassan al-Hudayl left Dimashk in 237 AH—932 AD — and reached the Western outposts of Islam in the same year. They settled near Gharnata and in the following year began to build the village which bore their name. The mansion was constructed three years later by stonemasons who had built the Medina al-Zahara near Qurtuba.