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The Battle of Simancas (also called Alhandega or al-Khandaq) was a military battle that started on 19 July 939 in the Iberian Peninsula between the troops of the King of León Ramiro II and Cordovan caliph Abd al-Rahman III near the walls of the city of Simancas.[1]

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  1. 17 relations: Abd al-Rahman III, Al-Andalus, Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos, Banu Tujib, Calatayud, Fernán González of Castile, García Sánchez I of Pamplona, James the Great, Kingdom of Castile, Kingdom of León, Ramiro II of León, Reconquista, Simancas, Spain, Timeline of the Muslim presence in the Iberian Peninsula, Umayyad state of Córdoba, Zaragoza.

  2. 10th century in the Kingdom of León
  3. 930s conflicts
  4. 939
  5. Battles involving the Caliphate of Córdoba
  6. Battles involving the Kingdom of León
  7. History of the province of Valladolid
  8. Solar eclipses

Abd al-Rahman III

ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn al-Ḥakam al-Rabdī ibn Hishām ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Dākhil (عبدالرحمن بن محمد بن عبداللہ بن محمد بن عبدالرحمن بن الحكمبن هشامبن عبد الرحمن الداخل; 890–961), or simply ʿAbd al-Raḥmān III, was the Umayyad Emir of Córdoba from 912 to 929, at which point he founded the Caliphate of Córdoba, serving as its first caliph until his death.

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Al-Andalus

Al-Andalus was the Muslim-ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula.

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Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos

The Alcázar de los Reyes Cristianos (Spanish for "Castle of the Christian Monarchs"), also known as the Alcázar of Córdoba, is a medieval alcázar located in the historic centre of Córdoba (in Andalusia, Spain), next to the Guadalquivir River and near the Mosque-Cathedral.

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Banu Tujib

The Banu Tujib (بنو تجيب), the Tujibids (التجيبيون, al-Tujibiyyun, sing. Tujibi) or Banu al-Muhajir, were an Arab dynasty on the Upper March of Al-Andalus active from the ninth to the eleventh centuries.

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Calatayud

Calatayud (2014 pop. 20,658) is a municipality in the Province of Zaragoza, within Aragón, Spain, lying on the river Jalón, in the midst of the Sistema Ibérico mountain range.

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Fernán González of Castile

Fernán González (died 970) was the first autonomous count of Castile.

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García Sánchez I of Pamplona

García Sánchez I (Basque: Gartzea I.a Santxez; c. 919 – 22 February 970), was the king of Pamplona from 925 until his death in 970.

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James the Great

James the Great (Koinē Greek: Ἰάκωβος, romanized: Iákōbos; Aramaic: ܝܥܩܘܒ, romanized: Yaʿqōḇ; died AD 44) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus.

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Kingdom of Castile

The Kingdom of Castile (Reino de Castilla: Regnum Castellae) was a polity in the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages.

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Kingdom of León

The Kingdom of León was an independent kingdom situated in the northwest region of the Iberian Peninsula.

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Ramiro II of León

Ramiro II (c. 900 – 1 January 951), son of Ordoño II and Elvira Menendez, was a King of León from 931 until his death.

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Reconquista

The Reconquista (Spanish and Portuguese for "reconquest") or the reconquest of al-Andalus was the successful series of military campaigns that European Christian kingdoms waged against the Muslim kingdoms following the Muslim conquest of the Iberian Peninsula by the Umayyad Caliphate. Battle of Simancas and Reconquista are Battles involving the Caliphate of Córdoba.

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Simancas

Simancas is a town and municipality of central Spain, located in the province of Valladolid, part of the autonomous community of Castile and León.

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Spain

Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.

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Timeline of the Muslim presence in the Iberian Peninsula

This is a timeline of notable events during the period of Muslim presence in Iberia, starting with the Umayyad conquest in the 8th century.

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Umayyad state of Córdoba

The Umayyad state of Córdoba was an Arab Islamic state ruled by the Umayyad dynasty from 756 to 1031.

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Zaragoza

Zaragoza also known in English as Saragossa,Encyclopædia Britannica is the capital city of the province of Zaragoza and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain.

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See also

10th century in the Kingdom of León

930s conflicts

939

Battles involving the Caliphate of Córdoba

Battles involving the Kingdom of León

History of the province of Valladolid

Solar eclipses

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Simancas