Battle of Oujda
Date1248
Location
Oujda, Morocco
Result Zayyanid victory
Belligerents
Almohad Caliphate
Marinid Sultanate		 Zayyanid Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Abu al-Hasan as-Said al-Mutadid † Yaghmurasen ibn Zyan
Units involved
Unknown Unknown

The Battle of Oujda occurred when the Almohad Caliph, supported by the Marinids, directed an offensive against the Zayyanids.[1]

In 1248 the Almohads, joined by the Marinids who had just submitted to the Almohad Caliph, laid siege to the fortress where Yaghmurasen ibn Zyan was staying.[1][2] The Almohad Caliph Abu al-Hasan as-Said al-Mutadid had set up camp and invited Yaghmurasen to submit to him and recognise him as his overlord.[1] Yaghmurasen rejected this invitation and the Almohad Caliph marched against him, the Almohad Caliph was ambushed and defeated by Yaghmurasen.[1][2][3] The Almohad Caliph was killed, his head was taken and ordered to be shown to his mother.[1][2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Histoire des Beni Zeiyan, rois de Tlemcen, par Abou-Abd'Allah-Mohammed ibn-Abd'el-Djelyl et Tenessy, ouvrage trad. par ... 'Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn 'Abd-al-jalil al-Tanasi. Duprat.
  2. 1 2 3 L'Algérie, coeur du Maghreb classique: de l'ouverture islamo-arabe au repli (698-1518). Gilbert Meynier. La Découverte.
  3. 1 2 L'Espagne catalane et le Maghrib aux XIIIe et XIVe siècles: de la bataille de Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) à l'avènement du sultan mŕinide Abou-l-Hazzan (1331). Charles-Emmanuel Dufourcq. Presses universitaires de France.
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