Umm Qasr was the second colony in Ard Marjhoola, and the second for the Caliphate of Córdoba. It was colonised in 942, 9 years after the first colony, New Córdoba. Its planned role was as its name suggested: Mother of Castles. Umm Qasr would be the foundation of order in the new Continent, and act if necessary (and which it did) as the headquarters for Córdobian Military affairs in the new world.