The article credits the Marinid dynasty, though its history section dates the start to about 711, a date it marks as dubious. No architect is named, and no materials are given. The present Tower of Homage and most visible structures were rebuilt in the early 14th century. The article calls the tower the highest of the Islamic period in the Iberian Peninsula, and the Qasbah the largest in the area.
The castle was nearly destroyed when the Moors retook it after a Spanish occupation from 1309 to 1333. The walls once enclosed an area from the upper Rock down to the sea. The infobox gives a height of about 330 feet (100 m).
Part of it served as Gibraltar's prison until 2010. The Government of Gibraltar owns this partly ruined castle, which is open to visitors.
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