Siege of Tomar

Siege of Tomar
Part of Almohad campaign against Portugal (1190–1191) and Spanish Christian–Muslim War of 1172–1212

Citadel of Tomar
Date13 July – 18-19 July 1190[1][2]
Location
Result Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Almohad Caliphate
Commanders and leaders
Gualdim Pais Yaqub al-Mansur
Strength
300 knights 12,000 men[3]

The siege of Tomar was a military engagement that took place in 1190 between the Almohad caliphate who attacked the town of Tomar in Portugal, and the Templar Order, who owned the settlement and successfully defended it from the Muslim attack.

  1. ^ Geordie Torr: The Templars: The Legend and Legacy of the Warriors of God, Arcturus Publishing, 2020.
  2. ^ Kurt Villads Jensen: Crusading at the Edges of Europe: Denmark and Portugal c.1000 – c.1250 Routledge, 2016.
  3. ^ Hamilton White: The Tomar Hoard, Dolman Scott Publishing,2021, p. 23.