Conquest of Taifa
| Conquest of Taifa | |||||||
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| Part of the Battle of the Strait during the Reconquista | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Crown of Castile Crown of Aragon Republic of Genoa | Marinid Sultanate | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Sancho IV of Castile Benedetto I Zaccaria | Abu Yaqub | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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More than 30 galleys[1] Surroundings of 8,000 horsemen[2] | 3,000[3] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
The conquest of Taifa was a military operation led by the Corona de Castilla, with support Genove, Aragonés and Granadino, through which the city of Tarifa was conquered in 1292, in the power of the Benimerines.
History
[edit]The siege of the city, which had maintained a key strategic importance far away from the Edad Media for the different powers of the zone,[4] consisted of a combined attack of land and naval forces. Since the previous year, Tarifa had been subjected to a naval blockade to prevent the supply of supplies.[5] The naval contingent, led by the Genoese admiral Benedetto Zaccaria, It was composed of a fleet of ships Genoese, castellanas and Aragonese (the latter sub-commanded by Berenguer de Montoliú).[6] Sancho IV also provided logistical assistance from the emirate of Granada.[7] The land siege was formed recently July 1292, arriving in the area of Sancho IV of Castile.[8]
The entry of the victorious forces of Sancho IV into the city began on October 14, 1292.[9]
According to Miguel Ángel Ladero Quesada, the conquest of the city was the most decisive Christian advance among the siglos of conflicts in the area of the Strait of Gibraltar.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ López Fernández 2013, p. 22.
- ^ López Fernández 2013, p. 23.
- ^ Segura González 2006, p. 5.
- ^ López Fernández 2013, p. 7.
- ^ López Fernández 2013, p. 21.
- ^ Iglesias Rodríguez 2003, p. 44.
- ^ Ladero Quesada 1993, p. 19.
- ^ Segura González 2006, p. 6.
- ^ Segura González 2006, p. 4.
- ^ Ladero Quesada 1993, p. 22.
Bibliography
[edit]- Iglesias Rodríguez (2003). Monarchy and señorial nobility in Andalucía: studies on the señorío of El Puerto. Universidad de Sevilla. ISBN 84-472-0770-6.
- Ladero Quesada (1993). Castilla and the battle of the stretch around 1292: the capture of Tarifa. Almoraima : campogibraltareños studio magazine. pp. 15–24. ISSN 1133-5319.
- López Fernández (2013). The conquest of Tarifa and its defense in times of Sancho IV. Al Qantir. pp. 5–72. ISSN 1989-9815.
- Segura González (2006). The closing of the conquest of Tarifa by Sancho IV el Bravo. Tarifa: Aljaranda. pp. 4–9. ISSN 1130-7986.