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After a two-year siege, the city of Toledo, in Spain, surrenders to the forces of the Caliph of Córdoba Abd al-Rahman III, assuming an important victory in his campaign to subjugate the Central March.
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Abd al-Rahman III
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Central March
Northern buffer territory of the Emirate/Caliphate of Córdoba (8th–11th centuries)
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