Battle of Salé
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For the French naval attack in 1851, see Bombardment of Salé.
The Battle of Salé was a raid of the Moroccan city of Salé by King Alfonso X of Castile in 1260, when the city was governed by the Marinid dynasty. The city remained under Castilian occupation for two weeks, during which they captured 3,000 residents and took them as slaves. However, the Marinid dynasty regained control of the city after Sultan Yacoub ben Abdelhaq ordered his troops to march to the city gates.
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Marinid dynasty | Kingdom of Castile[3] | ||||||
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Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd Al-Haqq | Ruy López de Mendoza | ||||||
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37 battleships[4] Unknown number of soldiers | ||||||
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Heavy losses to the soldiers[a] |
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