سقوط بلنسية بيد العدو
سقوط بلنسية بيد العدو
c. 29 September 1238 CE · 17 Safar 636 AH
Valencia fell by treaty on 17 Safar 636 after Ibn al-Abbar's plea-qasida to the Hafsid sultan moved him to ship money and supplies; its people surrendered on terms preserving their persons in 637 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
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In time
Overview
The enemy overcame Valencia by treaty on Tuesday the seventeenth of Safar 636 AH. 2
The appeal
Ibn al-Abbar wrote to the sultan of Ifriqiya appealing with a poem. The sultan hastened to help its people, and loaded fleets with money, food and clothing, until the enemy overcame it. 2
Its people made a covenant with the Christian that he would give them their lives in 637 AH. 2
The date of the event in the Gregorian calendar is converted. 2
Sources
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p. 464
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p.464
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