The city of Tarifa, captured in the…

The city of Tarifa, captured in the Islamic conquest of southern Spain, had been fortified starting from the tenth century.

Later Tarifa was held by the taifa of Algeciras (1031) and by that of Seville (1057), and subsequently by the Almoravids.

After the latter's fall, it had lived a short period under another taifa of Algeciras (1231), until becoming part of the Kingdom of Granada.

It is conquered in 1292 by Sancho IV of Castile.