First siege of Gibraltar

First siege of Gibraltar
	Part of the Battle of the Strait during the Reconquista
	; View of Gibraltar from the West.
Date	1309 – 12 September 1309
Location	Gibraltar
Result	Castilian victory
Belligerents
Crown of Castile; Order of Santiago; Order of Calatrava	Emirate of Granada
Commanders and leaders
Ferdinand IV of Castile; Juan Núñez II de Lara; Alonso Pérez de Guzmán; Fernando Gutiérrez Tello; Garci López de Padilla; Juan de Castilla el de Tarifa	Muhammed III; Abu'l-Juyush Nasr
Strength
Thousands (Unknown)	1,200 defenders

The first siege of Gibraltar was a battle of the Spanish Reconquista that took place in 1309. The battle pitted the forces of the Crown of Castile (mostly those from the military councils of the city of Seville) under the command of Juan Núñez II de Lara and Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, against the forces of the Emirate of Granada who were under the command of Sultan Muhammed III and his brother, Abu'l-Juyush Nasr.

The battle resulted in a victory for the Crown of Castile, one of the few victories in what turned out to be a disastrous campaign. The taking of Gibraltar greatly increased the relative power of Castile on the Iberian Peninsula though the actual city was later recaptured by Muslim forces during the third siege of Gibraltar in 1333.^[2]^[3]

^ Sayer, Frederick (1865). "I: First Siege by Ferdinand IV". The History of Gibraltar and of Its Political Relation to Events in Europe (2nd ed.). Harvard University: Chapman and Hall. p. 15. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
^ "Information Services". History. Government of Gibraltar. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
^ "GIB". The Encyclopædia Britannica, or, Dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literature, Volume 10 (8th ed.). University of Wisconsin, Madison: Adam & Charles Black. 1856. p. 618. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2016.

[1] Sayer, Frederick (1865). "I: First Siege by Ferdinand IV". The History of Gibraltar and of Its Political Relation to Events in Europe (2nd ed.). Harvard University: Chapman and Hall. p. 15. Archived from the original on 2 April 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

[Information_Services-2] "Information Services". History. Government of Gibraltar. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

[3] "GIB". The Encyclopædia Britannica, or, Dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literature, Volume 10 (8th ed.). University of Wisconsin, Madison: Adam & Charles Black. 1856. p. 618. Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 22 September 2016.

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