What the records say
- When
- 17 Sep 1260 – 30 Sep 1260
- Kind
- Siege
- Also recorded as
- Massacre
- Coordinates
- 34.05° N, 6.82° W
- Description
- 1260 attack on the Marinid city by the Crown of Castile
Battle of Salé
Attack on the Moroccan city by King Alfonso
The Battle of Salé was a raid of the Moroccan city of Salé by King Alfonso X of Castile in 1260, when the city was governed by the Marinid dynasty. The city remained under Castilian occupation for two weeks, during which they captured 3,000 residents and took them as slaves. However, the Marinid dynasty regained control of the city after Sultan Yacoub ben Abdelhaq ordered his troops to march to the city gates.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “5 ou 10 septembre : la ville marocaine de Salé ainsi que sa population sont attaquées par des soldats castillans qui fournissaient le sultan marocain en armes”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page