وقعة لشانة وأسر أبي عبد الله
وقعة لشانة وأسر أبي عبد الله
c. April 1483 CE · c. Rabi' I 888 AH
The battle of Lucena: Boabdil, hearing of his uncle's spoils at Malaga, led Granada's army raiding in Rabi I 888 until the Castilians cut him off in the mountains near Lucena; the army broke and the sultan himself was taken, handed secretly to the Castilian king's captain — the capture that let Castile play him against his father until Granada fell 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In time
Overview
In Rabi al-Awwal 888 AH Abu Abd Allah, son of the sultan Abu al-Hasan, lord of Granada, heard that his uncle at Malaga had taken booty from the Christians. He went out to raid with the people of Granada and the East, until he reached the districts of Lucena, and killed, captured and took booty. 1
The battle and the capture
The Christians from the surrounding districts gathered against him, with the lord of Qabra among them, and they cut the Muslims off from their lands among mountains and rough ground. The army was broken; many were captured and others were killed. Among the captives was the sultan Abu Abd Allah, and he was not recognised at first. Then the lord of Lucena learned of him, and the lord of Qabra wanted to take him from him, so he fled with him by night to the lord of Castile, and gained rank with him by doing so. 1
Connections
- Had participant
- أبو عبد الله محمد آخر ملوك غرناطة
People and things also explored
ثورة البيازين وسقوط لوشة· تسليم غرناطة ودخول النصارى الحمراء· أبو عبد الله محمد آخر ملوك غرناطة· 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
Sources
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p. 519
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