Dar al-Sultan ( ar, دار السلطان) is a palace dating back to the

Marinid dynasty The Marinid Sultanate was a Berber Muslim empire from the mid-13th to the 15th century which controlled present-day Morocco and, intermittently, other parts of North Africa (Algeria and Tunisia) and of the southern Iberian Peninsula (Spain) a ...

in the village of Ubbad, 2km south of

Tlemcen Tlemcen (; ar, تلمسان, translit=Tilimsān) is the second-largest city in northwestern Algeria after Oran, and capital of the Tlemcen Province. The city has developed leather, carpet, and textile industries, which it exports through the por ...

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. The palace is a part of the greater complex of

Sidi Abu Madyan Mosque Sidi Boumediene Mosque ( ar, مسجد شعيب أبو مدين) or the Worshipper's Mosque ( ar, مسجد العباد) is a historic Islamic religious complex In Tlemcen, Algeria, dedicated to the influential Sufi saint Abu Madyan. Abu Madyan was ...

. The palace is named as "Dar al-Sultan" which means "house of the sultan" as

sultan Sultan (; ar, سلطان ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it ...

s had stayed there during their visit to Ubbad.Dar al-Sultan
''Archnet''. Retrieved January 9, 2018. Construction of the palace was carried out simultaneously with the construction of Sidi Abu Madyan Mosque in 1339. Eight years later, a

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was established as well.دار السلطان في تلمسان
''Vitamine DZ''. Retrieved January 8, 2018. Although the palace is small, it features patios, arcades, water ways and numerous rooms. The palace was abandoned after the demise of the Marinid dynasty. It is considered a prominent example of the Marinid-era

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*Marçais, W., and Georges Marçais. Les monuments arabes de Tlemcen. ouvrage publié sous les auspices du Gouvernement général de l'Algérie. Paris: A. Fontemoing, 1903. {{coord missing, Algeria 14th-century establishments in Africa Buildings and structures completed in the 14th century Palaces in Algeria Marinid architecture