At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
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In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Overview
Around 92 AH Tariq ibn Ziyad sent Mughith al-Rumi with seven hundred horsemen to Cordoba. A shepherd showed them a gap in the wall, and they climbed to it from a fig tree and took the city by force. 1
The king of the city
Its king had taken refuge in a church on the west side of the city until the Muslims cut off its water channel. He fled, and Mughith caught up with him near Tatlira. al-Maqqari relates that a drizzle from the sky hid the sound of the horses' hoofs. 1
Connections
- Had participant
- مغيث الرومي
- Occurred at
- Cordoba
People and things also explored
Great Mosque of Córdoba· Library of the Córdoba Palace· The battle of al-Arak (Alarcos)· Alfonso's Siege of Cordoba and Its Submission to the Almohads· The enemy's capture of Cordoba· The battle of al-Rabad· The Rabad fitna in Cordoba· The Berbers enter Cordoba by storm
Sources
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p. 297-299
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Conquest of Cordoba”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/conquest-of-cordoba-92/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.