حصار بسطة واستسلام الزغل
حصار بسطة واستسلام الزغل
c. 4 December 1489 CE · c. 10 Muharram 895 AH – c. 4 December 1489 CE · c. 10 Muharram 895 AH
The siege of Baza (Rajab 894–Muharram 895): al-Zaghal threw in every levy from Guadix, Almeria and the Alpujarras and held the Castilians off all summer until siege engines sealed the town; starving, the defenders staged full markets to bluff the enemy spy — 'war is deception' — then surrendered the citadel on Friday 10 Muharram 895. Al-Zaghal himself met the Castilian at Almeria and handed over Guadix's citadel in early Safar: everything east of Granada passed to Castile 'in the blink of an eye' 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
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In time
Overview
Holding out
Great battles took place until the enemy retreated, and they could not prevent entry and exit in Rajab, Sha'ban and Ramadan. Then the siege was tightened and the cannon brought up to the walls, and the situation grew severe in Dhu al-Qa'da and Dhu al-Hijja, and food ran short. 2
The stratagem
The people of the city displayed all kinds of food in the markets to show strength, when they were in the greatest weakness. Al-Maqqari quotes the phrase "war is deception". A great man of the Christians entered as a spy to see the condition of the people. 2
The surrender
The Christians entered the fortress of Baza on Friday, the tenth of Muharram 895 AH, and expelled the Muslims from the city and settled them in the suburb, for fear of revolt. Then the lord of Castile moved to Almeria, and al-Zaghal came out to meet him and gave up the fortresses and castles. Only Granada and its villages remained, according to al-Maqqari. 3
Connections
- Had participant
- الزغل أبو عبد الله سلطان غرناطة
People and things also explored
ثورة البيازين وسقوط لوشة· سقوط بلش مالقة والانهزام قبل الالتحام· الزغل أبو عبد الله سلطان 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. 525-526
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p. 525
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari, p. 526
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islam.museum contributors. “حصار بسطة واستسلام الزغل”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/siege-of-baza-894/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.