At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe · Maghreb
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In time
Overview
Al-Maqqari reports that the sultan Abu al-Hasan al-Marini equipped many fleets for the holy war in al-Andalus, and the Franks seized al-Jazira al-Khadra and many of those ships. 1
The account
Al-Maqqari says that the Franks gathered large hosts to seize what remained of the Muslims' land. The people of al-Andalus called on Sultan Abu al-Hasan, who came himself to Ceuta. The Franks had come with uncountable ships, and they stopped him from crossing and from helping the people of al-Andalus, until they took al-Jazira al-Khadra and broke him in his ships. A letter he sent to the sultans of Egypt, Syria and the Hijaz makes this plain. 1
Connections
- Had participant
- Abu al-Hasan al-Marini, sultan of the Maghrib
People and things also explored
Battle of Tarifa and the Testing of the Muslims· Naval battle of the Strait and the taking of the Muslim fleet· The Kairouan disaster· Abu al-Hasan al-Marini's entry into Ifriqiya· Abu Inan Faris al-Marini· Abu al-Hasan al-Marini, sultan of the Maghrib· The Weepers (al-bakka'un)· The army of hardship (jaysh al-usra)
Sources
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p. 389-390
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The fall of al-Jazira al-Khadra and the breaking of the fleet”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/fall-of-algeciras-744/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.