▁the ▁Id ris ids ▁( in ▁the ▁late ▁ 8 th ▁or ▁early ▁ 9 th ▁century ). ▁They ▁lived ▁in ▁many ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁alongside ▁the ▁Muslim ▁population , ▁as ▁ev iden ced ▁by ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁Jewish ▁houses ▁were ▁purchased ▁and ▁demol ished ▁for ▁the ▁Al mor avid ▁expansion ▁of ▁the ▁al - Q ar aw i yy in ▁Mos que ▁( located ▁at ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁the ▁city ), ▁and ▁by ▁the ▁claims ▁of ▁Ma imon ides ' ▁residence ▁in ▁what ▁later ▁became ▁the ▁Dar ▁al - Mag ana ▁( in ▁the ▁western ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁city ). ▁Non eth eless , ▁since ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁Id ris ▁II ▁( ear ly ▁ 9 th ▁century ) ▁the ▁Jewish ▁community ▁was ▁concentr ated ▁in ▁the ▁neighbourhood ▁known ▁as ▁Found ou k ▁el - Y ih oud i ▁(" hot el / ware house ▁of ▁the ▁Jew ") ▁near ▁Bab ▁Gu issa ▁in ▁the ▁n ortheast ▁of ▁the ▁city . ▁The ▁city ' s ▁original ▁Jewish ▁c emetery ▁was ▁also ▁located ▁near ▁here , ▁just ▁outside ▁the ▁gate ▁of ▁Bab ▁Gu issa . ▁▁ ▁As ▁elsewhere ▁in ▁the ▁Muslim ▁world , ▁the ▁Jewish ▁population ▁lived ▁under ▁the ▁protected ▁but ▁sub ordinate ▁status ▁of ▁d him mi , ▁required ▁to ▁pay ▁a ▁j iz ya ▁tax ▁but ▁able ▁to ▁move ▁relatively ▁freely ▁and ▁cultiv ate ▁relations ▁in ▁other ▁countries . ▁F es , ▁along ▁with ▁Cord oba , ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁cent ers ▁of ▁a ▁Jewish ▁intellectual ▁and ▁cultural ▁r