711
Battle of Guadalete
Tariq crossed from Morocco at the rock that still bears his name, Gibraltar (Jabal Tariq). Roderic was killed, and most of Spain fell within a few years.
Battles · Al-Andalus
Battles of Al-Andalus
6 battles and sieges from 711 to 1492. Each links to its own page with the sides, the commanders, the result and a map.
722
Battle of Covadonga
A small fight in the mountains, later remembered by Spain as the start of the Reconquista.
1085
Fall of Toledo
The old Visigothic capital was the first great Muslim city of Spain to be lost for good.
1086
Battle of Zallaqa (Sagrajas)
After Toledo fell, the kings of al-Andalus called in the Almoravids from Morocco. Their victory bought Muslim Spain more than a century.
1212
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (al-Uqab)
A crushing defeat that broke Almohad power. Cordoba (1236) and Seville (1248) fell within forty years.
1492
Fall of Granada
On 2 January 1492 the last Muslim ruler of Spain handed over the keys of the Alhambra. 781 years of Muslim rule in Iberia came to an end.
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