Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Almanzor

Battles of Almanzor

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

Almanzor is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between AD 981 and 1000: 3 battles and 1 siege, all in present-day Spain. Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,061 km apart end to end, 354 km between engagements on average.

Battle of RuedaBattle of RoviransSack of BarcelonaBattle of CerveraBattle of RuedaBattle of RoviransSack of BarcelonaBattle of CerveraMadridBilbaoZaragozaPamplonaAndorraSan SebastiánSantanderCastelloBurgosLogroño200 km41.651N, 1.325W
4 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 9851000: 1 engagementsAD 9811000
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

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

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
29 July 1000Battle of CerveraPeña Cervera, Spain471 km WCórdoban 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.