Al-Andalus · 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.
Key facts
- When
- 1212
- Where
- Jaen province, Spain
- Sides
- Almohad Caliphate vs Christian coalition
- Commanders
- Muhammad al-Nasir vs Alfonso VIII
- Result
- Christian victory
- Type
- Al-Andalus
- Chapter
- 4. Al-Andalus and the Subcontinent
The wider picture: The Crusades and Salahuddin
The Seljuk win at Manzikert in 1071 opened Anatolia to the Turks, and Byzantium asked Europe for help. The First Crusade took Jerusalem in 1099. Zengi, his son Nur al-Din and then Salahuddin rebuilt Muslim unity, and Salahuddin won back Jerusalem in October 1187, three months after Hattin.
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