Siege of Algeciras (1369)

Siege of Algeciras (1369)
Part of the Reconquista
Bridge of access to Al-Yazirat Al-Hadra
Date 28 July 1369 – 30 July 1369 Location Algeciras 36°07′39″N 5°27′14″W / 36.1275°N 5.453889°W / 36.1275; -5.453889 Result Granadan victory Reconquest of the city by Granada
Belligerents
Emirate of Granada	Kingdom of Castile
Commanders and leaders
Muhammad V	Henry II
Algeciras class=notpageimage| Location in Spain

The siege of Algeciras (1369) was undertaken during the period of the Reconquest of Spain by Muhammad V, the Emir of Granada to reclaim the city of Al-Hadra Al-Yazirat, called Algeciras by the Christians, in the Kingdom of Castile. The siege lasted just three days, and the sultan was victorious. The Muslims thus regained a major city which had been in Castilian hands since Alfonso XI of Castile took it from the Moroccans after the long 1342–1344 siege. Ten years after the capture of the city, in 1379 the sultan of Granada decided to completely destroy the city to prevent it falling into Christian hands. It was impossible to defend the place at a time when the Muslim kings of the Iberian Peninsula had lost much of military power they enjoyed in earlier centuries.