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Almohad Siege of Almería
From January to August 1157, the Almohad Caliphate and Andalusian forces besieged Christian-held Almería by land and sea;…
Timeline
- c. 1157Almería · AlmeríaAbu Sa'id encamped on the hillside, built walls and ditches to the sea, and deployed mangonels; the fleet blockaded the Mediterranean sea lanes, forcing the mixed Leónese–Genoese garrison to retreat into the citadel.
- c. 1157Outside Almería · al-AndalusAlfonso VII arrived with some 12,000 knights and 6,000 Muslim reinforcements under Ibn Mardanish; the Andalusian commander Ahmad ibn Merhan briefly defected to support the relieving force, but the Almohad siege held and the relief army eventually withdrew.
- 1157Almería · AlmeríaAfter a seven-month siege, the exhausted Leónese–Genoese garrison surrendered on terms of safe conduct, and the Christian garrison evacuated by sea; Alfonso VII died en route back to Toledo, and the Almohads captured large quantities of siege equipment.
Sources
- Siege of Almería (1157) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Almer%C3%ADa_(1157)
- Almohad wars in the Iberian Peninsula https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almohad_wars_in_the_Iberian_Peninsula