The enemy's capture of Cordoba

استيلاء العدو على قرطبة

c. May 1239 CE · 23 Shawwal 636 AH

Cordoba

The Castilian capture of Cordoba on Sunday 23 Shawwal 636, within the reconquest register that took Zaragoza in 512, Murcia by treaty 643 and Seville 646 1.

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Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
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In time

123012401250 c.
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Cordoba

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Overview

Al-Maqqari says that the enemy took Cordoba on Sunday the twenty-third of Shawwal 636 AH. 1

In context

In the same passage the source records the taking of Zaragoza in 512 AH, the island of Shuqr by treaty in 639 AH, Murcia by treaty in 643 AH, and the siege of Seville in 645 AH. 1

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Cordoba

People and things also explored

Great Mosque of Córdoba· Library of the Córdoba Palace· The battle of al-Arak (Alarcos)· Conquest of Cordoba· Alfonso's Siege of Cordoba and Its Submission to the Almohads· The battle of al-Rabad· The Rabad fitna in Cordoba· The Berbers enter Cordoba by storm

Sources

  1. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p. 476
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islam.museum contributors. “The enemy's capture of Cordoba”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/fall-of-cordoba-636/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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