At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
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In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Overview
Around 92 AH Tariq ibn Ziyad sent Mughith al-Rumi with seven hundred horsemen to Cordoba. A shepherd showed them a gap in the wall, and they climbed to it from a fig tree and took the city by force. 1
The king of the city
Its king had taken refuge in a church on the west side of the city until the Muslims cut off its water channel. He fled, and Mughith caught up with him near Tatlira. al-Maqqari relates that a drizzle from the sky hid the sound of the horses' hoofs. 1
Connections
- Had participant
- مغيث الرومي
- Occurred at
- Cordoba
People and things also explored
جامع قرطبة· خزانة كتب قصر قرطبة· وقعة الأرك· حصار الأذفونش قرطبة ودخولها في طاعة الموحدين· استيلاء العدو على قرطبة· وقعة الربض· فتنة الربض بقرطبة· دخول البرابرة قرطبة عنوة
Sources
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p. 297-299
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “فتح قرطبة”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/conquest-of-cordoba-92/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.