User:Omar-toons/sandbox/Timeline Marinids Spain

From the 13th to the 15th centuries, Morocco's Marinids controlled many stongholds on the southern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.

Marinid presence in the northern shore of the Strait of Gibraltar began in 1275, when Abu Yusuf Yaqub took the control of Algeciras and Tarifa, in exchange of his support to the Emirate of Granada against Christian conquests. Their presence ended in 1411 when Gibraltar passed ultimately to Granadan hands.

Timeline

 * 1272: Nasrid ruler Muhammad I of Granada appeals to Abu Yusuf Yaqub for assistance.
 * April 1275: First expedition to Spain; Abu Yusuf Yaqub crosses the straits, landing a large Moroccan army in Spain. Marinids take Gibraltar, Tarifa and Algeciras.
 * September 1275: Battle of Écija; Moroccan-Granadan victory over Castile.
 * August 1277: Second expedition to Spain; Marinid amry ravages the districts of Jerez, Seville and Cordoba.
 * 1278: Banu Ashqilula emirs cede Malaga, in return for Marinid protection against the Emirate of Granada.
 * 1279: Marinid-Nasrid agreement; Abu Yusuf surrender his claims on Malaga and withdraw his protection of the Banu Ashqilula, Muhammad II of Granada hands over Almunecar and Salobrena to the Marinids.
 * July 1279: Battle of Algeciras; Moroccan-Granadan victory over Castile, Alfonso X forced to lift the siege and withdraw.
 * July 1282: Third expedition to Spain; Marinids support Alfonso X of Castile, joint Alfonsine-Marinid army fails to overthrow Sancho IV.
 * April 1285: Fourth expedition to Spain; Moroccan army lands in Tarifa then lay siege to Jerez. Moroccan detachments devastate a broad area from Medina Sidonia to Carmona, Ecija and Seville.
 * August 1285: Moroccans lift the siege of Jerez and withdraw to Algericas, and open negotiations with the Castilian usurper Sancho IV.
 * March 1286: Granadans recognize Marinid possession of Tarifa, Algeciras, Ronda and Guadix, in return Marinids agree to surrender all other possessions and claims on any other towns or dominions on the Iberian peninsula. However Gibraltar remains in Moroccan hands. Banu Ashqilula family exiled to Morocco.
 * October 1292: Tarifa lost to Castile.
 * 1293: Moroccan ruler Abu Yaqub Yusuf agree to assist Granadan Muhammad II recover Tarifa from Castile, on the condition that the city would be turned over to Marinids, in return for which Marinids transfer their claims to Algeciras and Ronda to Granada.
 * 1294: Siege of Tarifa by Moroccans fail.
 * 1295: Algeciras and Ronda ceded to the Emirate of Granada. Marinids only retain Gibraltar.
 * 1309: Gibraltar lost to Castile.
 * 1310: Nasrids cede Algeciras and Ronda to Marinids.
 * 1313: Algeciras and Ronda returned to the Emirate of Granada.
 * February – June 1333: Gibraltar besieged, the Rock recovered from Castilians.
 * June – August 1333: Gibraltar besieged, Castilians fail to recover the Rock.
 * April 1340: Naval battle at Algeciras; Castilian fleet destroyed by Moroccans.
 * October 1340: Battle of Río Salado; Marinid expedition to recover Tarifa from Castilians ends in fiasco.
 * August 1349 – March 1350: Gibraltar besieged; Castilians fail to conquer the Rock.
 * 1374: Gibraltar lost to Granadans.
 * 1410: The garrison of Gibraltar rebelled against Granadan ruler Yusuf III, and declared allegiance to Marinid Abu Said Uthman III. Abu Said sent an army numbering some 1,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry. They occupied a number of castles in the area as well as the ports of Estepona and Marbella.
 * 1411: A Granadan counter-offensive reduces Marinid possessions to besieged Gibraltar. The Rock is lost to Granadans by the end of the same year.