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- ↑ Ewert, Christian (1979). Hallazgos islámicos en Balaguer y la Aljafería de Zaragoza. Ministerio de Educación. p. 13. ISBN 978-84-369-0676-9.
- ↑ Riu, Manuel (1987). Castells, guaites, torres i fortaleses de la Catalunya medieval. Edicions Universitat Barcelona. p. 58. ISBN 8460050122.
- ↑ Brufal Sucarrat, Jesús (2007). "La sociedad almorávide en el distrito de Lérida (1102-1146). La representación del poder mediante las propiedades rurales". Medievalismo (17): 20.
- ↑ Domingo, Dolors (2014). Una frontera interior: Montgai i Butsènit a l'edat mitjana. University of Lleida. p. 75. ISBN 978-8484096627.