What the records say
- When
- 25 Jul 1139
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 39.17° N, 8.76° W
- Description
- 1139 battle in Portugal
Battle of Ourique
1139 battle of the Portuguese Reconquista
The Battle of Ourique was fought on 25 July 1139, when Portuguese forces under Afonso Henriques defeated forces led by the Almoravid wāli (governor) of Córdoba, Muhammad Az-Zubayr Ibn Umar, who is identified as "King Ismar" in Christian chronicles.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Ourique: The independence of Portugal from the Kingdom of León is declared after the Almoravids, led by Ali ibn Yusuf”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Alfons I. besiegt in der Schlacht von Ourique die Mauren und begründet als erster König die Unabhängigkeit Portugals von Kastilien-Leon”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Afonso Henriques de Portugal, Alphonse , fils d’Henri de Bourgogne vainc cinq rois musulmans à la bataille d’Ourique”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “победа в битве при Оурике (Кирике) над арабами”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “阿方索一世率領軍隊在奧里基戰役打敗摩爾人的軍隊，隨即宣布自己為獨立的葡萄牙王國的首任國王，擺脫和卡斯提爾王國等基督教國家的臣屬關係。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page