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Day of Zamora
Part of the Reconquista

The walls of and trenches at Zamora.
DateJuly 901
Location
Zamora, Spain
Result Victory for the Kingdom of Asturias
Belligerents
Kingdom of Asturias Emirate of Córdoba
Commanders and leaders
Alfonso III of Asturias Ahmad bin Mu'awiya  
Model of Balborraz street, where the attackers' heads were displayed on pikes, in the Centre for the Interpretation of the Middle Ages Towns in Zamora, Spain.

The Day of Zamora (Spanish: Día de Zamora), also known as Jornada del Foso de Zamora ("Zamora's trench [moat] Day"), was a battle of the Spanish Reconquista that took place at the city of Zamora, Spain[1] The battle was fought between the forces of the Kingdom of Asturias under the command of Alfonso III of Asturias and the Muslim forces of Ahmed Ibn Muwaiya , an Umayyad, who was also known as Ibn al-Qitt, and by his kunya: Abul Qassim. The battle ended in victory for the city's defenders.

  1. ^ Cesáreo Fernández Duro , (1882), Memorias Históricas de la ciudad de Zamora, su provincia y obispado, Madrid, Sucesores de Rivadeneyra, T. I, pp. 192-193.

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