وقعة وادي لكة

وقعة وادي لكة

92 AH

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Overview

A battle between Tariq ibn Ziyad and Roderic, king of the Goths, on the river Lakka in the district of Shadhuna, in the last nights of Ramadan 92 AH. 1

The battle

The book says that the war lasted eight days, in which three thousand Muslims were martyred. Then the Goths were routed, and it is said that Roderic drowned. 1

Tariq chose the field of battle with care: he anchored his right wing to the lake, his left wing to the valley, and placed his rear in the mountains of Ratina. 1

The Gregorian date is not given in the book.

Sources

  1. الدولة الأموية: عوامل الازدهار وتداعيات الانهيار — علي محمد الصلابي (الجزء الثاني، 2005), p.69
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