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Battle of Wadi Lakka

وقعة وادي لكة

92 AH

The battle between Tariq ibn Ziyad and Ludhariq, king of the Goths, on the river Lakka in the districts of Shadhuna, took place in the last nights of Ramadan of 92 AH. The fighting lasted eight days, in which three thousand Muslims were martyred; then the Goths were routed, and it is said that Ludhariq drowned 1. The book notes that Tariq chose the field with care: he set his right wing against the lake, his left against the wadi, and his rear in the mountains of Ratina 1.

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A battle between Tariq ibn Ziyad and Roderic, king of the Goths, on the river Lakka in the district of Shadhuna, in the last nights of Ramadan 92 AH. 1

The battle

The book says that the war lasted eight days, in which three thousand Muslims were martyred. Then the Goths were routed, and it is said that Roderic drowned. 1

Tariq chose the field of battle with care: he anchored his right wing to the lake, his left wing to the valley, and placed his rear in the mountains of Ratina. 1

The Gregorian date is not given in the book.

Sources

  1. The Umayyad State: Factors of Prosperity and Consequences of Collapse — Ali Muhammad al-Sallabi (Part Two, 2005) , p.69
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