Siege of Tarifa (1292)

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The Siege of Tarifa (1292) was a key episode in the Reconquista during which Castilian forces captured the strategic coastal town of Tarifa from Muslim rule, strengthening Christian control over the Strait of Gibraltar.

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Label Occurrences
Siege of Tarifa (1292) canonical 1
siege of Tarifa 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
siege ⓘ
appliesToTerritorialEntity Tarifa ⓘ
chronologicallyFollows earlier Reconquista campaigns in Andalusia ⓘ
chronologicallyPrecedes later Christian operations around the Strait of Gibraltar ⓘ
combatant Kingdom of Castile ⓘ
linked to: Castile

Marinid Sultanate ⓘ
linked to: Marinid dynasty

Nasrid Emirate of Granada ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Granada
commandedBy Sancho IV of Castile ⓘ
conflictType medieval siege ⓘ
follows previous Muslim control of Tarifa ⓘ
hasCause Castilian expansion during the Reconquista ⓘ
hasCountry Kingdom of Castile ⓘ
linked to: Castile
hasEndTime 1292 ⓘ
hasLocation Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Kingdom of Castile ⓘ
linked to: Castile

Strait of Gibraltar ⓘ
Tarifa ⓘ
hasResult Castilian victory ⓘ
capture of Tarifa by Castile ⓘ
end of Muslim rule in Tarifa ⓘ
hasStartTime 1292 ⓘ
hasStrategicImportance control of access to the Strait of Gibraltar ⓘ
control of maritime routes between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
isPartOf Christian conquest of southern Andalusia ⓘ
opponent Muslim forces ⓘ
partOf Reconquista ⓘ
religiousContext Christian–Muslim conflict in medieval Iberia ⓘ
significance strengthened Christian control over the Strait of Gibraltar ⓘ
weakened Muslim presence in southern Iberia ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tarifa → historicalEvent → Siege of Tarifa (1292) ⓘ
Alonso Pérez de Guzmán → notableEvent → siege of Tarifa ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Tarifa (1292)