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Portuguese conquest of the Algarve

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received the news that Ibn Mahfuz had left Silves with most of his forces, he attacked the city and scaled its walls. Most of the inhabitants withdrew to the upper citadel and put up resistance to the knights of Santiago when Ibn Mahfuz returned with his army. The Muslims then engaged the Christians on the walls which connected the city to the nearby river, but, lacking the means to retake the settlement, Ibn Mahfuz withdrew. He would live for twenty more years, although a local tradition maintained that he drowned in a nearby ford. The citadel was breached along a few points and it surrendered after Correia offered its last fighters a favourable deal. The crafty conquest of Silves was the tactical master-piece of Correia during his campaign in Algarve.
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and CaldeirĂŁo. Many knights were skeptical of the possibility of capturing land to the south of these mountains due to a lack of men and the uncertainty of gains. Correia however, had the support of Garcia Rodrigues, a knight who knew well the roads, defenses and vulnerabilities of Muslim Algarve due
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and Montagudo defending the pathways south through the mountains were still in Muslim hands, making it difficult for the knights of Santiago to obtain fresh supplies from their bases further north, such as Aljustrel. Ibn Mahfuz on his part lacked the means to properly defend western Algarve from the
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Through an effective and intelligent use of limited resources, Paio Peres Correia not only avoided the difficulties associated with the crossing of mountain ranges or the capture of mountain fortresses, but captured most of the Algarve without ever facing the costs of lengthy and expensive sieges,
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Despite the truce, Garcia Rodrigues and six other knights were unexpectedly massacred at Antas, in the modern-day parish of Luz de Tavira, by the garrison of Tavira, which felt provoked when the Christians crossed into the city territory to hunt fowl. Informed of the case at nearby Cacela, Correia
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Paio Peres then sought to capture Silves, where Ibn Mahfuz was lodged at: a ruse was employed for this purpose, whereby he put into circulation the rumour that he was about to set siege to EstĂŽmbar with a large number of men; he then dispatched a small detachment to attack that castle and when he
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The castle at Cacela Velha was larger, easier to both defend and resupply from MĂ©rtola or Ayamonte, hence it appeared like an advantageous exchange for the Order; Correia therefore accepted it and took possession of Cacela in October 1238. Ibn Mahfuz however,was aware that the lands around Cacela
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Alboambre put up spirited resistance hoping for reinforcements from Morocco, until the Portuguese fleet sailed up the river. With the harbour blocked, the city delivered its keys to the Portuguese king, thus avoiding pointless bloodshed and securing a favourable agreement for its residents under
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Having failed to decisively defeat the Christians on an open field engagement, the Muslims instead proposed a truce for the summer months so as to resume their harvest and pick fruit at peace, which Correia accepted so he could in turn replenish his forces and recruit more men.
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Once Afonso III emerged victorious from the civil-war that pitted himself against his brother in 1248, he undertook new attacks in the Algarve so as to seal his authority as king before the Portuguese nobility, to reward loyal followers and to fulfill a vow he had made to Pope
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Paderne was scaled and taken by storm a few days laters and its garrison massacred as a reprisal for having killed two knights. The mountain fortresses of Monchique, Montagudo, Marachique, Ourique and Messines are likely to have surrendered not long afterwards.
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Ibn Mahfuz had fled from Seville when Ibn Hud took control of government in this city and defeated the faction headed by al-Baji, whom Ibn Mahfuz was a follower of. Having established himself at Niebla in 1234 or 1236, he took on the title of Emir of the West
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The modern-day Algarve was part of a Muslim emirate, which stretched north beyond the mountain ranges of Algarve, east of the Guadiana river, and was centered on the city of Niebla, whose emir was Musa Ibn Muhammad Ibn Nassir Ibn Mahfuz, known as
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In 1234, the grand-master of the Order of Santiago Pedro Gonzalez Mengo decided to carry out the conquest of Alentejo and Algarve, south of the Tagus river and towards that purpose he relocated considerable men and resources to
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With Tavira in the hands of the Order, the castle of Salir followed. This fortification was located along one of the few roads that crossed Algarve east to west and also provided access to Alentejo to the north.
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who earned a living raiding Muslim lands as frontiersmen carefully undertook the crossing of the mountains, guided by Garcia Rodrigues and marching by night and camping by day they bypassed the castle of
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in 1241 so as to pressure king Sancho II to subdue these final Muslim strongholds, however the Portuguese king found himself involved in conflict with the Church and rebellious nobles led by his brother
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before the Muslims had had time to organize an effective defense. Thus one of, if not the most important settlements in eastern Algarve unexpectedly fell on the hands of the Order.
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gathered his men and defeated the garrison of Tavira while it was still at Antas, and successfully pursued them as far as the city gates, which were breached through the rear gate
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recorded that "after he went there, immediately the moors were all in agreement and each worked towards defending their land", while previously they had been "in great disarray".
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Afonso III completed the conquest of Algarve and retook the title of "King of Portugal and Algarve", created by Sancho sixty years prior when he captured the city of Silves.
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for Portugal. The castle of Alfajar da Pena was also captured and it allowed the Portuguese to control the flatlands between Ayamonte and
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Loulé surrendered after little resistance. Porches and Albufeira surrendered to the grand-master of Aviz Dom Lourenço Afonso.
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In the early weeks of March 1249, Afonso III crossed the mountain ranges on the border of Algarve with his army through
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was less vulnerable than Silves and the local terrain was flatter, thereby favouring the Muslim numerical advantage.
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in 1267, in which the rights of Afonso III were recognized and the Portuguese-Castilian border fixed on the
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which the Order could not bear, instead resorting to raid warfare, ruses and surprise lightning attacks.
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Although the kings of Portugal had claimed the Algarve, Ibn Mahfuz had declared himself a vassal of
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river and was considered one of the strongest Muslim strongholds in western Iberia, while king
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incursions of the knights, hence he offered to swap the castles of EstĂŽmbar and Alvor for
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The main obstacle blocking the advance of Christian forces were the mountain ranges of
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still remained in Muslim hands, however they had declared vassalage to the
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Supposed efigy assigned to D. Paio on the north corner of Tavira City Hall
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Despite the acquisition of EstĂŽmbar and Alvor, the castles of Marrachique,
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On June 1239 most likely, Correia attempted a surprise attack against the
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in Algarve in 1189, however the great Muslim city was retaken by the
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of Morocco and were hard to take without the support of a fleet.
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The conquest of Faro, Loulé, Aljezur, Porches and Albufeira, 1249
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The exchange of EstĂŽmbar and Alvor for Cacela, October 1238
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The important port city of Faro was besieged first. Its
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and could not undertake any new campaigns to the south.
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(1137) 1388: 1386: 1383: 1381: 1378: 1376: 1373: 1372: 1368: 1367: 1364: 1359: 1349: 1344: 1342: 1337: 1335: 1330: 1329: 1326: 1314: 1311: 1309: 1306: 1304: 1301: 1299: 1296: 1294: 1291: 1289: 1286: 1284: 1281: 1277: 1274: 1272: 1269: 1268: 1267: 1264: 1262: 1259: 1258: 1254: 1253: 1249: 1246: 1244: 1241: 1240: 1236: 1235: 1230: 1227: 1225: 1222: 1221: 1220: 1217: 1215: 1214:9th Gibraltar 1212: 1210: 1209:8th Gibraltar 1207: 1205: 1202: 1200: 1199:7th Gibraltar 1197: 1195: 1194:La Higueruela 1192: 1190: 1189:6th Gibraltar 1187: 1185: 1182: 1180: 1177: 1176: 1172: 1171: 1168: 1165: 1163: 1162:5th Algeciras 1160: 1158: 1155: 1153: 1150: 1148: 1145: 1143: 1142:5th Gibraltar 1140: 1138: 1137:4th Algeciras 1135: 1133: 1130: 1128: 1125: 1123: 1120: 1118: 1115: 1113: 1110: 1108: 1107:4th Gibraltar 1105: 1103: 1102:3rd Gibraltar 1100: 1098: 1095: 1093: 1090: 1088: 1085: 1083: 1082:2nd Gibraltar 1080: 1078: 1075: 1073: 1072:3rd Algeciras 1070: 1068: 1067:1st Gibraltar 1065: 1064: 1060: 1059: 1056: 1053: 1051: 1048: 1046: 1045:2nd Algeciras 1043: 1041: 1040:1st Algeciras 1038: 1036: 1033: 1031: 1028: 1026: 1023: 1021: 1018: 1016: 1013: 1011: 1008: 1006: 1003: 1001: 998: 996: 993: 991: 988: 986: 983: 981: 978: 976: 973: 971: 968: 966: 963: 961: 958: 956: 953: 951: 948: 946: 943: 941: 938: 936: 933: 929: 926: 925: 924: 921: 919: 916: 914: 911: 909: 906: 904: 901: 899: 896: 894: 891: 890: 886: 885: 882: 879: 877: 874: 872: 869: 867: 864: 862: 859: 857: 854: 852: 849: 847: 844: 842: 839: 837: 834: 832: 829: 827: 824: 822: 819: 817: 814: 812: 809: 807: 804: 802: 799: 797: 794: 792: 789: 787: 784: 782: 779: 777: 774: 772: 769: 767: 764: 762: 759: 757: 754: 752: 749: 747: 744: 742: 739: 737: 734: 732: 729: 727: 724: 722: 719: 717: 714: 712: 709: 707: 704: 702: 699: 697: 694: 692: 689: 687: 684: 682: 679: 677: 674: 672: 669: 667: 664: 662: 659: 657: 654: 652: 649: 647: 644: 642: 639: 637: 634: 632: 629: 627: 624: 622: 619: 617: 614: 612: 609: 607: 604: 602: 599: 597: 594: 592: 589: 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169: 164: 162: 157: 156: 153: 145: 142: 138: 133: 129: 124: 120: 116: 115: 110: 107: 104: 102: 101:Order of Aviz 98: 93: 89: 84: 80: 76: 75: 70: 62: 59: 58: 54: 50: 46: 43: 42: 38: 35: 34: 30: 27: 22: 17: 2319: 2314: 2301: 2290: 2282: 2169: 2166: 2162: 2150: 2136: 2134: 2119: 2111: 2101: 2095: 2064: 2041: 2037: 2033: 2007: 2004: 2000: 1978: 1972: 1956: 1952:Cacela Velha 1940: 1915: 1894: 1854: 1849: 1846: 1841: 1838: 1828: 1817: 1773: 1762: 1714: 1712: 1622:Targa (1490) 1577:Ceuta (1419) 1572:Ceuta (1415) 1567:Ceuta (1182) 1534: 1505:Tomar (1190) 1480:Évora (1181) 1440:Évora (1165) 1410:Soure (1144) 1255:North Africa 1173:15th century 1061:14th century 965:4th Valencia 887:13th century 841:4th SantarĂ©m 801:3rd SantarĂ©m 741:2nd SantarĂ©m 661:3rd Valencia 631:2nd Zaragoza 611:1st SantarĂ©m 546:2nd Valencia 540:12th century 504:1st Valencia 474:1st Zaragoza 393:11th century 377:Torrevicente 321:10th century 218:Orbieu River 213:Burbia River 183: 72:Belligerents 2347:Reconquista 2115:Innocent IV 1788:Tagus river 1765:Reconquista 1597:Anfa (1468) 1540:Faro (1249) 1313:2nd Tangier 1298:1st Tangier 1157:2nd Montiel 1077:3rd AlmerĂ­a 995:3rd Seville 923:2nd Majorca 826:2nd Seville 791:2nd Badajoz 771:2nd AlmerĂ­a 761:2nd Tortosa 731:1st AlmerĂ­a 716:1st Montiel 671:1st Badajoz 646:1st Granada 404:Calatañazor 332:1st Majorca 285:Guadalacete 260:1st Tortosa 249:9th century 197:8th century 185:Reconquista 39:1238 - 1249 26:Reconquista 2336:Categories 2216:References 2210:Al-Andalus 2107:Afonso III 2098:Gregory IX 2051:See also: 1918:almogavars 1842:Aben Mafom 1800:almogavars 1179:Collejares 1167:2nd Murcia 1132:GuadalmesĂ­ 1122:RĂ­o Salado 1020:1st Murcia 980:2nd XĂ tiva 975:1st XĂ tiva 871:2nd Silves 856:2nd Silves 851:1st Silves 766:2nd Lleida 751:5th Lisbon 711:4th Lisbon 641:1st Lleida 601:Candespina 596:6th Toledo 581:Formentera 571:3rd Lisbon 551:Mollerussa 534:5th Toledo 529:4th Toledo 509:2nd Lisbon 494:3rd Toledo 469:2nd Toledo 357:1st Toledo 300:Polvoraria 243:1st Lisbon 233:RĂ­o QuirĂłs 228:Las Babias 2159:Aftermath 2122:AlmodĂŽvar 2087:Albufeira 1979:Desbarato 1897:Monchique 1881:Gibraleon 1871:captured 1857:Aljustrel 1747:Albufeira 1729:captured 1293:4nd Ceuta 1283:3nd Ceuta 1276:2nd Ceuta 1271:1st Ceuta 1184:Antequera 1035:Andalusia 1015:3rd Jerez 1005:2nd Jerez 940:1st Jerez 913:PenĂ­scola 881:Talamanca 836:2nd Évora 821:Calatrava 811:Tarragona 796:Juromenha 786:1st Évora 736:Al-Ludjdj 706:2nd Coria 686:1st Coria 621:Martorell 606:Vatalandi 524:Consuegra 449:Golpejera 434:Barbastro 372:Estercuel 203:Covadonga 2309:, p. 21. 2194:See also 2180:Guadiana 2091:Marinids 1947:Messines 1873:Ayamonte 1865:Guadiana 1784:Almohads 1776:Sancho I 1771:in 868. 1719:EstĂŽmbar 1127:Estepona 1055:Iznalloz 990:3rd JaĂ©n 950:Burriana 935:2nd JaĂ©n 908:1st JaĂ©n 893:Al-DāmĆ«s 831:Abrantes 726:Albacete 701:Trancoso 576:Talavera 556:Balaguer 479:Sagrajas 444:Llantada 367:Simancas 362:Alhandic 295:Morcuera 265:Pancorbo 53:Portugal 44:Location 24:Part of 2182:river. 2153:Aljezur 2083:Porches 2071:Aljezur 2067:Castile 1943:Ourique 1923:Ourique 1861:MĂ©rtola 1753:Context 1743:Porches 1739:Aljezur 1561:Morocco 1308:Melilla 1288:TĂ©touan 1147:Linuesa 1117:Getares 970:Algarve 960:El Puig 955:CĂłrdoba 928:PortopĂ­ 876:Alarcos 781:Palmela 756:SacavĂ©m 746:SacavĂ©m 691:Ourique 651:Corbins 636:Cutanda 626:Coimbra 514:Alcoraz 464:Morella 439:Paterna 429:Coimbra 399:Cervera 280:Albelda 275:Clavijo 49:Algarve 1960:Tavira 1885:Huelva 1877:Saltes 1780:Silves 1369:Iberia 1303:Asilah 1266:Strait 1229:MĂĄlaga 1224:Lucena 1152:Guadix 1050:MoclĂ­n 1030:Martos 816:Cuenca 681:Leiria 656:AlcalĂĄ 519:BairĂ©n 484:Tudela 414:Albesa 238:Oviedo 60:Result 2096:Pope 2079:LoulĂ© 1931:Arade 1927:Alvor 1792:Évora 1774:King 1735:LoulĂ© 1025:Écija 861:Tomar 846:Alvor 721:Soure 696:Oreja 676:Fraga 666:Aceca 586:Ibiza 561:UclĂ©s 489:TĂ©var 454:Cabra 424:Graus 382:Rueda 223:Lutos 2137:qaid 2085:and 2075:Faro 1883:and 1745:and 1731:Faro 1713:The 1261:SalĂ© 1097:Teba 1000:Faro 985:Biar 945:Ares 409:TorĂ  36:Date 2338:: 2224:^ 2081:, 2077:, 2073:, 1954:. 1945:, 1879:, 1802:. 1749:. 1741:, 1737:, 1733:, 51:, 1848:( 1347:e 1340:t 1333:v 174:e 167:t 160:v

Index

Reconquista
Algarve
Portugal

Kingdom of Portugal

Order of Santiago

Order of Aviz
Emirate of Algarve

Afonso III of Portugal

Paio Peres Correia

Musa Ibn Muhammad Ibn Nassir Ibn Mahfuz
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Covadonga
1st Roncevaux Pass
Burbia River
Orbieu River
Lutos
Las Babias
RĂ­o QuirĂłs
Oviedo
1st Lisbon
1st Barcelona

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