Port · Contested ground · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Marsala

The port on the westernmost cape (the Arab Marsa Ali, the 'harbour of Ali', on the site of Lilybaeum), facing Africa, in the heart of the Muslim west.

Who holds it

Name
Not pinned that winter
Title
Royal port town
Since
not pinned
Confidence
low

Lord in 1200

Royal before October 1199; who holds it that winter is not pinned.

How things stand that morning

Disputed ground between Markward and the regency; no source read settles it.

Council

No commune: the king's officers (a bailiff and judges; the castellan in the castle).

Communities

Muslims and Christians.

Walls and castle

Walls and a castle (medieval form not pinned).

Trade and crafts

The Africa crossing, grain, salt and fishing.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: No source read speaks of it in 1199-1200.

On the map: Shown as a point.

Sources and studies

  1. Markward von Annweiler (en.wikipedia)

Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.