Almoravid forces had overrun the Kingdom of…

1110 CE

Almoravid forces had overrun the Kingdom of Valencia after the death of its leader, El Cid, and by 1100 had managed to cross the Ebro into Barbastro, which brought Aragon into direct contact with them.

The Banu Hud, an Arab dynasty that has ruled the taifa, or statelet, of Zaragoza from 1039, has stubbornly resisted the Almoravids, leading the smaller Muslim taifas in their resistance until their defeat in May 1110.

Banu Hud sultan Abd-al-Malik Imad ad-Dawla, forced to abandon his capital, allies himself with the Christian Aragonese under Alfonso the Battler and from this time, the Muslims of Zaragoza will become military regulars within the Aragonese forces.

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Saragossa > Zaragoza Aragon Spain View →

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Al-Mustain II View → Alfonso the Battler View →

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Arab people View → Berber people (also called Amazigh people or Imazighen, "free men", singular Amazigh) View → Muslims, Sunni View → Navarre, Kingdom of View → Zaragoza, Muslim statelet, or taifa, of View → Banu Hud View → Christians, Roman Catholic View → Almoravid dynasty View → Aragón, Kingdom of View → Zaragoza, Almoravid Principality of View →

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Reconquista, the View →

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Weapons View →

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