Battle of Sagrajas, 1086 - An ambush that almost stopped the Reconquista

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🚩 Alfonso VI's steady expansion and incorporation of Taifas into his realm provoked a reaction from the Almoravids. Commanded by Yusuf ibn Tashfin, the Almoravid army met Alfonso force near Badajos. A victory for the Christians would break the last significant Muslim resistance and enable complete conquest of Iberia. A victory for the Muslims would stop and reverse the Reconquista.
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📢 Narrated by David McCallion
📝 Research and writing: Damien Peters
📚 Sources:
Abd al-Wahid al Marrakushi - Account of the Battle of Zallaca, taken from “Christians and Moors in Spain” - Retrieved from deremilitari.o...
David Nicholle & Angus McBride - El Sid and the Spanish Reconquista, 1050-1492
John France - Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades, 1000-1300
Ian Heath - Armies of Feudal Europe, 1066-1300
Joseph F. O’Callaghan - Reconquest and Crusade in Medieval Spain
Joseph F. O’Callaghan - The Latin Chronicle of the Kings of Castile
Richard Fletcher - Moorish Spain
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