Siege of Algeciras (1278–79)
The Siege of Algeciras was the first of many sieges on the city by Christian forces in the lengthy period of Spanish Reconquista. The siege, ordered by King Alfonso X of Castile also known as "el Sabio", was a fruitless military campaign initiated by the Kingdom of Castile with the objective of removing the Moroccans from Algeciras. The siege on Algeciras, then known to the Muslims as Al-Jazira Al-Khadra, was strategically important because Algeciras had been at the time the main fortress and landing place for African reinforcement troops in the Iberian Peninsula. Castile, which had a powerful armada of ships anchored in the Bay of Gibraltar to blockade such reinforcement, had a few days previously to the siege, seen that fleet obliterated by the Muslim admiral, Abu Yusuf Yaqub at the Nava
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Siege of Algeciras (1278–79)
The Siege of Algeciras was the first of many sieges on the city by Christian forces in the lengthy period of Spanish Reconquista. The siege, ordered by King Alfonso X of Castile also known as "el Sabio", was a fruitless military campaign initiated by the Kingdom of Castile with the objective of removing the Moroccans from Algeciras. The siege on Algeciras, then known to the Muslims as Al-Jazira Al-Khadra, was strategically important because Algeciras had been at the time the main fortress and landing place for African reinforcement troops in the Iberian Peninsula. Castile, which had a powerful armada of ships anchored in the Bay of Gibraltar to blockade such reinforcement, had a few days previously to the siege, seen that fleet obliterated by the Muslim admiral, Abu Yusuf Yaqub at the Nava
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25بك المحتوى هنا ينقصه الاستشه ...... ات أبو يوسف يعقوب بن عبد الحق.
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El sitio de Algeciras de 1278 ...... Yusuf Yaqub en batalla naval.
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Le siège d'Algésiras de 1278-1 ...... aille d'Algésiras (1278) (es).
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The Siege of Algeciras was the ...... the Naval Battle of Algeciras.
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22pxEmirate of Granada
22pxKingdom of Castile
22pxMorocco
22pxOrder of Santa María de España
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1279-08-05
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Moroccan victory
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Alfonso X of Castile "El Sabio, King of Castile.
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25بك المحتوى هنا ينقصه الاستشه ...... ات أبو يوسف يعقوب بن عبد الحق.
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El sitio de Algeciras de 1278 ...... Yusuf Yaqub en batalla naval.
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Le siège d'Algésiras de 1278-1 ...... aille d'Algésiras (1278) (es).
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The Siege of Algeciras was the ...... l, Abu Yusuf Yaqub at the Nava
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Siege of Algeciras (1278–79)
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Sitio de Algeciras (1278-1279)
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Siège d'Algésiras (1278-1279)
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حصار الجزيرة الخضراء (1278)
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Battle of Algeciras
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