A dictionary of Spanish history and culture
Aljama, from the Arabic al-jamà’a, group of persons was the name given to Muslim and Jewish communities who lived in Christian lands in Spain during the Middle Ages. They were self-governing communities and kept their own magistrates and mosques but were submitted to the authority of the king, to whom they paid taxes. A Moorish aljama is also called a morería, and a Jewish aljama a judería.
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