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سقوط سرقسطة

سقوط سرقسطة

c. 18 December 1118 CE · c. 4 Ramadan 512 AH

Saragossa fell to the Christians on Wednesday 4 Ramadan 512 — the capital of the Upper March passing out of Muslim hands 1.

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Era
Abbasid Fragmentation
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
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111011201130 c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

Battles

Overview

The enemy took the city of Zaragoza on Wednesday, the fourth of Ramadan 512 AH. 2

The date of the event in the Gregorian calendar is converted. An additional source is needed for the details of the event.

People and things also explored

The Weepers (al-bakka'un)· The army of hardship (jaysh al-usra)· Staying behind from the Tabuk expedition· The plot of Amir ibn al-Tufayl and Arbad ibn Qays· The Badr war council· The duel at Badr· The affair of the Badr prisoners· The Qulayb at Badr

Sources

  1. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p. 476
  2. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p.476
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The Weepers (al-bakka'un)

Seven men of the Ansar and others who came to the Prophet asking for mounts to join the Tabuk campaign; when he had nothing to carry them, they turned back with tears streaming down their faces.