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The
Second Battle of Cellorigo
took place between the
Emirate of Cordoba
over the castle at
Cellorigo
and its surrounding countryside in
883 AD
.
Background
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In
882 AD
, at the
First Battle of Cellorigo
, the
Banu Qasi
ruler
Muhammad ibn Lubb
al-Qasawi and
al-Mundhir of Cordoba
, the son of the
Cordoban
emir
Muhammad I of Cordoba
, were repelled from the castle at
Cellorigo
by
Vela Jimenez
,
count
of the
Asturian
county of Alava
.
A year later, in
883 AD
,
al-Mundhir
gathered together an army under the command of generals Almonder and Abuhalit. After breaching the walls of
Zaragoza
and sacking the city of
Villamayor de Monjardin
and other towns of
Navarre
, he set off to take the mountain pass castle at Cellorigo.
Battle
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The results of the second campaign were worse than the previous attempt. After he was initially repulsed by the Cellorigo defenders, al-Mundhir attempted a second assault on the castle at Pancorbo and another at Castrojeriz. Both attempts were complete failures. Further, the attacks resulted in great loss of life for the Muslim side. Humiliated, al-Mundhir sent an envoy to King
Alfonso III of Asturias
to sue for peace.
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