What the records say
- When
- 27 Mar 1056 – 25 Apr 1056
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 21.06° N, 8.30° W
- Description
- 1056 military battle in present-day Mauritania
Battle of Tabfarilla
Military battle in present-day Mauritania
The Battle of Tabfarilla was a military conflict between the Lamtuna and the Godala. Both of them Muslim Berber Sanhaja tribes of the Sahara Desert and one time allies, the Lamtuna formed the core of the Almoravids after the Godala broke away. The Almoravid Emir Yahya ibn Umar al-Lamtuni was sent against the Godala.
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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 Tabfarilla in modern day Mauritania: The Almoravids are crushed by the Godala and their Emir”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Schlacht von Tabfarilla in Mauretanien: Die Almoraviden werden vom Berberstamm der Dschudala vernichtend geschlagen und ihr Emir Yahya ibn Umar fällt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “L'Almoravide Yahya Ibn Omar est battu et tué par les nomades goddala révoltés à la bataille de Tabfarilla, malgré le soutien du roi toucouleur du Tekrour, Lebbi”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page