Al-Andalus · 722
Battle of Covadonga
A small fight in the mountains, later remembered by Spain as the start of the Reconquista.
Key facts
- When
- 722
- Where
- Asturias, Spain
- Sides
- Umayyad force vs Asturians
- Commanders
- Alqama vs Pelagius
- Result
- Asturian victory
- Type
- Al-Andalus
- Chapter
- 4. Al-Andalus and the Subcontinent
The wider picture: The Umayyads of Damascus
Muawiya ruled from Damascus and named his son Yazid as heir, the first time the caliphate passed from father to son. Karbala followed in 680. Then came the largest expansion in Islamic history: Spain in 711, Sindh in 712 and Central Asia up to the Syr Darya.
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