Complex sentence: Murcia was founded by the emir of Cordoba Abd ar-Rahman II in 825 with the name "Mursiyah" (Arabic: مرسية) and nowadays is mainly a services city and a university town.
Split into simpler sentences: Murcia was founded by the emir of Cordoba Abd ar-Rahman II in 825 with the name "Mursiyah" (Arabic: مرسية). Nowadays, it is mainly a services city and a university town.