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|territorial_changes=Melilla annexed to the [[Crown of Castile]]
|territorial_changes=Melilla annexed to the [[Crown of Castile]]
|combatant1=[[File:Banner of arms of the Catholic Monarchs from 1492.png|22px]] [[Catholic Monarchs|Union]] of [[Crown of Castile|Castile]] and [[Crown of Aragon|Aragon]]
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|commander1=[[File:Banner of arms of the Catholic Monarchs from 1492.png|22px]] [[Pedro Estopiñán]]
|commander1=[[File:Banner of arms of the Catholic Monarchs from 1492.png|22px]] [[Pedro Estopiñán]]
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|commander2=[[File:Marinid_emblem_of_Morocco.svg|22px]] [[:fr:Abu Abd Allah ach-Chaykh Muhammad ben Yahya|Muhammad ibn Yahya]]
|casualties= Nil
|casualties= Nil
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The '''Conquest of Melilla''' occurred in September 1497, when a Spanish fleet seized the Moroccan city of [[Melilla]].<ref name="Nasr 146">[http://books.google.com/books?id=jdlKbZ46YYkC&pg=PA146 ''A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period'' by Jamil M. Abun-Nasr p.146]</ref>


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The '''Conquest of Melilla''' occurred in September 1497, when a Spanish fleet seized the city of [[Melilla]].<ref name="Nasr 146">[http://books.google.com/books?id=jdlKbZ46YYkC&pg=PA146 ''A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period'' by Jamil M. Abun-Nasr p.146]</ref>
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Plans for the conquest occurred as soon as the [[Fall of Granada]] in 1492. Spanish captains Lezcano and Lorenzo Zafra visited the coast of Northern Africa to identify possible locations for the Spanish to overtake, and Melilla was identified as a prime candidate.<ref name="Nasr 146"/> Melilla was, however, in the Portuguese zone of influence under the terms of the 1479 [[Treaty of Alcáçovaz]].<ref name="Nasr 146"/> At [[Tordesillas]] in 1494, the Portuguese ruler agreed to make an exception and permitted the Spanish to attempt the conquest of Melilla.<ref name="Nasr 146"/>


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Plans for the conquest occurred as soon as the [[Fall of Granada]] in 1492. Spanish captains Lezcano and Lorenzo Zafra visited the coast of Northern Africa to identify possible locations for the Spanish to overtake, and Melilla was identified as a prime candidate.<ref name="Nasr 146"/> Melilla was, however, in the Portuguese zone of influence under the terms of the 1479 [[Treaty of Alcáçovaz]].<ref name="Nasr 146"/> At [[Tordesillas]] in 1494, the Portuguese ruler agreed to make an exception and permitted the Spanish to attempt the conquest of Melilla.<ref name="Nasr 146"/>
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The duke{{who|date=August 2012}} sent [[Pedro Estopiñán]] who conquered the city virtually without a fight in 1497, as internal conflicts had depleted it of troops, and its defenses were weakened.<ref name="Nasr 146"/> The Moroccan [[Wattasid]] ruler [[Abu Zakariya Muhammad al-Saih al-Mahdi|Muhammad al-Shaykh]] sent a detachment of cavalrymen to retake control of the city, but they were repulsed by the guns of the Spanish ships.<ref name="Nasr 146"/>


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The duke{{who|date=August 2012}} sent [[Pedro Estopiñán]] who conquered the city virtually without a fight in 1497, as internal conflicts had depleted it of troops, and its defenses were weakened.<ref name="Nasr 146"/> The [[Wattasid]] ruler [[Abu Zakariya Muhammad al-Saih al-Mahdi|Muhammad al-Shaykh]] sent a detachment of cavalrymen to take control of the city, but they were repulsed by the guns of the Spanish ships.<ref name="Nasr 146"/>
Morocco would later besiege Melilla without success in 1694–1696 and again in [[Siege of Melilla (1774)|1774]].


==See also==
==See also==
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[[Category:15th century in Morocco]]
[[Category:1497 in Spain]]
[[Category:1497 in Spain]]
[[Category:History of Melilla]]
[[Category:History of Melilla]]

Revision as of 09:28, 19 June 2016

Capture of Melilla
Date1497
Location
Melilla
Result Castilian victory
Belligerents
Union of Castile and Aragon Wattasid
Commanders and leaders
Pedro Estopiñán

The Conquest of Melilla occurred in September 1497, when a Spanish fleet seized the city of Melilla.[1]

Plans for the conquest occurred as soon as the Fall of Granada in 1492. Spanish captains Lezcano and Lorenzo Zafra visited the coast of Northern Africa to identify possible locations for the Spanish to overtake, and Melilla was identified as a prime candidate.[1] Melilla was, however, in the Portuguese zone of influence under the terms of the 1479 Treaty of Alcáçovaz.[1] At Tordesillas in 1494, the Portuguese ruler agreed to make an exception and permitted the Spanish to attempt the conquest of Melilla.[1]

The duke[who?] sent Pedro Estopiñán who conquered the city virtually without a fight in 1497, as internal conflicts had depleted it of troops, and its defenses were weakened.[1] The Wattasid ruler Muhammad al-Shaykh sent a detachment of cavalrymen to take control of the city, but they were repulsed by the guns of the Spanish ships.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period by Jamil M. Abun-Nasr p.146
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