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Almohad Iberian campaigns
In the 1160s the North African Almohad Caliphate under Abd al-Mu'min and his successors launched a series of conquests in southern Iberia, taking Sev…
Timeline
- 1161–1162Strait of Gibraltar · Strait of GibraltarAlmohad caliph Abd al-Mu'min assembled troops from the Maghreb and entered Iberia through the Strait of Gibraltar to launch a unifying conquest of the fragmented Andalusian taifa kingdoms.
- 1163Seville · Al-AndalusAlmohad forces captured Seville, ending local taifa separatism and bringing the core city of the Guadalquivir basin under direct imperial rule.
- 1165–1170Córdoba · Al-AndalusAlmohad forces continued eastward, successively controlling Córdoba and the Murcia region, annexing vast eastern Andalusian territories and exerting strong military pressure on the Christian kingdoms.
Sources
- A History of Medieval Spain — Joseph F. O'Callaghan (1975)
- The Cambridge History of Islam, Volume 2A — P. M. Holt, Ann K. S. Lambton, Bernard Lewis (1977)