Part of Almohad campaign against Portugal (1190–1191)
Citadel of Tomar
Date
13 July - 18–19 July 1190[1][2]
Location
Tomar, Portugal
Result
Knights Templar victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Portugal
Templars
Almohad Caliphate
Commanders and leaders
Gualdim Pais
Yaqub al-Mansur
Strength
300 knights.
12,000 men[3]
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Battles in the Reconquista
8th century
Covadonga
1st Roncevaux Pass
Burbia River
Lutos
Las Babias
Río Quirós
Río Nalón
Oviedo
9th century
1st Barcelona
1st Tortosa
Pancorbo
2nd Roncevaux Pass
Clavijo
Albelda
Guadalacete
Monte Laturce
Morcuera
Polvoraria
1st Cellorigo
2nd Cellorigo
2nd Barcelona
10th century
Day of Zamora
Pallars and Ribagorza
1st San Esteban de Gormaz
2nd San Esteban de Gormaz
Valdejunquera
1st Toledo
Alhandic
Simancas
Estercuel
Torrevicente
Rueda
3rd Barcelona
11th century
Cervera
Calatañazor
Torà
Albesa
Aqbat al-Bakr
Graus
Coimbra
Barbastro
Paterna
Llantada
Golpejera
Cabra
Piedra Pisada
Morella
2nd Toledo
1st Zaragoza
Sagrajas
Tudela
Tévar
3rd Toledo
1st Valencia
Alcoraz
Bairén
Consuegra
4th Toledo
5th Toledo
12th century
2nd Valencia
Mollerussa
Uclés
Norwegian raid
6th Toledo
Talavera
1st Balearic Islands
Candespina
1st Santarém
2nd Balearic Islands
Martorell
Coimbra
2nd Zaragoza
Cutanda
1st Granada
3rd Valencia
1st Badajoz
Fraga
1st Coria
Ourique
Oreja
2nd Coria
1st Lisbon
1st Montiel
Almería
Al-Ludjdj
2nd Santarém
Sacavém
2nd Lisbon
2nd Tortosa
2nd Badajoz
3rd Santarém
Alvor
1st Silves
2nd Silves
Tomar
Alarcos
13th century
Al-Dāmūs
Las Navas de Tolosa
Alcácer do Sal
1st Jaén
Peníscola
Aragonese raid
Majorca
Portopí
2nd Jaén
1st Jerez
Ares
Burriana
Córdoba
El Puig
4th Valencia
Algarve
1st Xàtiva
2nd Xàtiva
Biar
3rd Jaén
2nd Seville
Faro
2nd Jerez
Mudéjar revolt
3rd Jerez
1st Murcia
Écija
Martos
Montesa
1st Algeciras
2nd Algeciras
Moclín
Iznalloz
14th century
1st Gibraltar
3rd Algeciras
Almería
2nd Gibraltar
Vega de Granada
Shepherds' Crusade
Teba
3rd Gibraltar
4th Gibraltar
Vega de Pagana
Getares
Río Salado
Estepona
4th Algeciras
5th Gibraltar
Linuesa
Guadix
2nd Montiel
5th Algeciras
2nd Murcia
15th century
Collejares
Antequera
6th Gibraltar
La Higueruela
7th Gibraltar
Los Alporchones
8th Gibraltar
9th Gibraltar
2nd Granada campaign
Lucena
Málaga
Post-Reconquista Rebellions
1st Alpujarras
2nd Alpujarras
North Africa
Salé
Strait
1st Ceuta
2nd Ceuta
3nd Ceuta
4nd Ceuta
1st Tangier
Asilah
Melilla
2nd Tangier
v
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e
Moroccan–Portuguese conflicts
Iberia
Sagrajas (1086)
Santarém (1111)
Coimbra (1117)
Ourique (1139)
Lisbon (1142)
Santarém (1147)
Lisbon (1147)
Badajoz (1169)
Cabo Espichel (1180)
Ceuta (1180)
Silves (1182)
Ceuta (1182)
Santarém (1184)
Silves (1189)
Silves (1190)
Silves (1191)
Alarcos (1195)
Las Navas de Tolosa (1212)
Alcácer do Sal (1217)
Faro (1249)
Salado (1340)
Guadalmesí (1342)
Algeciras (1342–44)
Morocco
Ceuta (1415)
Ceuta (1419)
Tangier (1437)
Ksar es-Seghir (1458)
Tangier (1463–64)
Anfa (1468)
Asilah (1471)
Tangier (1471)
Ceuta (1476)
Chaouia (1487)
Graciosa (1489)
Targa (1490)
Tangier (1502) [fr]
Alcácer Quibir (1503)
Azemmour (1508)
Asilah (1508)
Azemmour (1513)
Safi (1513)
Tednest (1514)
Boulaouane (1514)
Marrakesh (1515)
Mamora (1515)
Doukkala (1516)
Asilah (1516)
Benambre (1527)
Agadir (1531)
Agadir (1533)
Safi (1534)
Agadir (1536)
Agadir (1541)
Mazagan (1562)
Alcácer Quibir (1578)
Mazagan (1640)
Mazagan (1643)
Tangier (1651)
Tangier (1653–54)
Tangier (1656)
Tangier (1657)
Tangier (1662)
Mamora (1696)
Mazagan (1769)
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.
^Geordie Torr: The Templars: The Legend and Legacy of the Warriors of God, Arcturus Publishing, 2020.
^Kurt Villads Jensen: Crusading at the Edges of Europe: Denmark and Portugal c.1000 – c.1250 Routledge, 2016.
^Hamilton White: The Tomar Hoard, Dolman Scott Publishing,2021, p. 23.
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