واقعة الزقاق البحرية وملك أسطول المسلمين
واقعة الزقاق البحرية وملك أسطول المسلمين
1340 CE · 740 AH
Sultan Abu al-Hasan al-Marini prepared for jihad, sent his viziers to the coasts to fit out the fleets, summoned the Maghreb and marched to Ceuta; the Taghiya sent his fleet into the Strait to bar the crossing. The Almohads (Ifriqiya's heirs) contracted their fleet to Zayd ibn Farhun, who brought sixteen ships from Tripoli, Gabes, Djerba, Tunis, Bona and Bijaya, and the two-Maghreb fleets at Ceuta's anchorage neared a hundred sail under Muhammad ibn Ali al-Azafi — the fleets closed, grappled for boarding, the wind of victory rose, the Muslims cut them down, killed their admiral 'al-Maland' and towed the prizes into Ceuta, where the sultan sat for congratulations 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Maghreb · al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
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In time
Overview
A naval battle in the Strait (the Straits of Gibraltar) around 740 AH, shortly before the crossing of the sultan Abu al-Hasan al-Marini. Ibn Khaldun calls it "the battle of the naval Strait, and the taking of the fleet of the Muslims". 2
Preparations
Abu al-Hasan equipped fleets on the coasts, mobilised the people of the Maghrib and marched to Ceuta. The Christian side sent out its fleet into the Strait to stop him crossing. Zayd ibn Farhun, commander of the fleet of Bejaia, reached Ceuta with sixteen ships, and the fleets of the Maghrib gathered at the port of Ceuta and reached about a hundred. 2
The battle
The sultan placed the command of the fleet under Muhammad ibn Ali al-Azafi, lord of Ceuta, and ordered him to engage the Christian fleet. Ibn Khaldun says that the Muslims were victorious, killed the enemy fleet's commander, "Almand", and drove his fleet to the port of Ceuta. 2
The Gregorian date is derived from the Hijri year.
Connections
- Had participant
- Muhammad ibn Ali al-Azafi· أبو الحسن المريني سلطان المغرب
People and things also explored
واقعة طريف وتمحيص المسلمين· سقوط الجزيرة الخضراء وكسرة الأسطول· The Kairouan disaster· Abu al-Hasan al-Marini's entry into Ifriqiya· Abu Inan Faris al-Marini· أبو الحسن المريني سلطان المغرب· Muhammad ibn Ali al-Azafi
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun, p. 1964-1965
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun, p.1964-1965
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “واقعة الزقاق البحرية وملك أسطول المسلمين”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/battle-of-the-strait-740/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.