Battle of Écija (1275)
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| conflict = Battle of Écija
| partof = the Reconquista
| image = Campos de algodón en Écija.jpg
| image_size = 300
| caption = Farmland near Écija near the spot where Nuño González de Lara was killed and decapitated.
| date = September 8, 1275
| place = Écija, Emirate of Granada (present-day Spain)
| coordinates = 37°32′N 5°5′W / 37.533°N 5.083°W
| map_type = Spain Province of Seville#Spain
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| result = Marinid Victory
| combatant1 = Kingdom of Castile
| combatant2 = Marinid Dynasty
Emirate of Granada
| commander1 = Nuño González de Lara "el Bueno" †
| commander2 = Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd Al-Haqq
| strength1 = 90,000[1]
| strength2 = 10,000[2]
| casualties1 = 20 000[3]
| casualties2 = 3Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). The Marinid Sultan ordered that Nuño González' head be cut off, sending it as a trophy to the Sultan of Granada, Muhammad II and cementing his alliance with them which would continue for the next few years against the Castilian forces.[4]
In October, a second army led by Archbishop Sancho of Toledo met a similar defeat in the battle of Martos. The kingdom in the end was saved by the infante Sancho of Castile who rallied the Castilian forces. At the end of the year, King Alfonso X of Castile was forced to sign a peace treaty with the Muslims.
References
- ^ Histoire des souverains du Maghreb (Espagne et Maroc) et annales de la ville de Fès : Roudh el-kartas / [par Aboul Hasan Ali ibn Abou Zar, ou Abou Mohammed Salih ibn Abd al Halim] ; traduit de l'arabe par A. Beaumier. 1860.
- ^ Histoire des souverains du Maghreb (Espagne et Maroc) et annales de la ville de Fès : Roudh el-kartas / [par Aboul Hasan Ali ibn Abou Zar, ou Abou Mohammed Salih ibn Abd al Halim] ; traduit de l'arabe par A. Beaumier. 1860.
- ^ Histoire des souverains du Maghreb (Espagne et Maroc) et annales de la ville de Fès : Roudh el-kartas / [par Aboul Hasan Ali ibn Abou Zar, ou Abou Mohammed Salih ibn Abd al Halim] ; traduit de l'arabe par A. Beaumier. 1860.
- ^ Joseph F. O'Callaghan (2011). The Gibraltar Crusade: Castile and the battle for the Strait, p. 68. ISBN 978-0-8122-2302-6.
3. ^ Ibn Abi Zar’ ( 1320 ). Rawd Al Qirtaas ~ Pg 300. Darul Mansur 1972 Edition.