Sack of Torreblanca

Sack of Torreblanca
Date 1397 Location Torreblanca Result Hafsid victory Torreblanca is sacked
Belligerents
Hafsid dynasty	Kingdom of Valencia
Commanders and leaders
Fusta	Unknown
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	108 captured [1]

The Sack of Torreblanca was a naval raid carried out by Hafsid forces under the command of a corsair named Fusta against the village of Torreblanca, which belonged to the Kingdom of Valencia.

Background

At the end of the reign of Abu al-Abbas Ahmad II, tensions arose between Sicily and the Hafsid Sultanate, then ruled in Sicily by Martin the Elder. Additionally, a new monarch ascended to the throne of the Kingdom of Valencia in May 1397. These developments prompted corsairs from Ifriqiya to launch raids against the southern coasts of what is now Spain. ^[1]

The Raid

In the summer of 1397, corsairs from Béjaïa landed at Torreblanca. They looted the village church, stole and desecrated a silver Ciborium , and took 108 inhabitants captive. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Aftermath

The theft of the Ciborium led to two punitive expeditions by the Spaniards: one in August 1398 and another in September 1399. Although the raid had been conducted by Hafsid corsairs, it was ultimately the Kingdom of Tlemcen that bore the brunt of the retaliation. The town of Dellys, in particular, was sacked by Aragonese forces. ^{[1] [5]}

References

1. Brunschwig Robert (1940). LÀ BERBÉ RIE ORIENTALE Sous Les Hafsides T. 1.
2. Ximeno, Vicente (1749). Escritores del reyno de Valencia, chronologicamente ordenados desde el año M.CC.XXXVIII. de la christiana conquista de la misma ciudad, hasta el de M.DCC.XLVII. Por Vicente Ximeno presbitero,... (in Spanish). en la oficina de Joseph Estevan Dolz.
3. Dufourcq, Charles-Emmanuel (1978-01-01). La Vie quotidienne dans l'Europe médiévale sous domination arabe (in French). Hachette (réédition numérique FeniXX). ISBN   978-2-01-461379-7.
4. Jews and Muslims Made Visible in Christian Iberia and Beyond, 14th to 18th Centuries: Another Image. BRILL. 2019-05-06. ISBN   978-90-04-39570-1.
5. Collectif (2016-05-27). L'eschatologie royale de tradition joachimite dans la Couronne d'Aragon (XIIIe-XVe siècle): Étude et édition de textes prophétiques (in French). e-Spania Books. ISBN   978-2-919448-17-3.