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The Fall of Tudela and Tarazona

أخذ تطيلة وطرسونة

c. 1130 CE · c. 524 AH

Tudela and its sister Tarazona fell to the Christians in 524, in Ibn al-Yasa's phrase 1.

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Era
Abbasid Fragmentation
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
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In time

112011301140 c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks

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Overview

Al-Maqqari relates from Ibn al-Yas'a that the enemy took the city of Tudela and its sister Tarazona in 524 AH. 2

The data does not name the commander or give details of the taking, and needs an additional source. The Gregorian date is derived and approximate.

People and things also explored

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· The duel at Badr· The affair of the Badr prisoners· The Qulayb at Badr

Sources

  1. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p. 455
  2. Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p.455
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The Weepers (al-bakka'un)

Seven men of the Ansar and others who came to the Prophet asking for mounts to join the Tabuk campaign; when he had nothing to carry them, they turned back with tears streaming down their faces.