Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Almanzor

Battles of Almanzor

Arab Andalusian military leader and statesman (c.938-1002)

Almanzor is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 981 and 1000: 3 battles, 1 siege and 1 campaign, all in present-day Spain. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,917 km apart end to end, 479 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Reconquista (5).

Battle of RuedaBattle of RoviransSack of BarcelonaSantiago de Compostela campaignBattle of CerveraBattle of RuedaBattle of RoviransSantiago de Compostela campaignBattle of CerveraMadridValenciaBilbaoBordeauxVigoPortoToulouseZaragozaPalmaLa Coruña500 km42.143N, 3.183W
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

AD 981: 1 engagementsAD 985: 2 engagements2 in AD 985AD 997: 1 engagements1000: 1 engagementsAD 9811000
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Rueda, AD 981Battle of Rovirans, AD 985Sack of Barcelona, AD 985Santiago de Compostela campaign, AD 997Battle of Cervera, 1000AD 9811000
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
AD 981Battle of RuedaRueda, SpainCórdoban victory
AD 985Battle of RoviransTerrassa, Spain568 km ECordoban victory
1 July AD 985Sack of BarcelonaBarcelona, Spain22 km SECórdoban victory
AD 997Santiago de Compostela campaignSantiago de Compostela, Spain897 km WCordoban victory
29 July 1000Battle of CerveraPeña Cervera, Spain430 km ECórdoban victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Discasto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.