Back معركة أوريك Arabic Битка при Урике Bulgarian Batalla d'Ourique Catalan Bitva u Ourique Czech Schlacht von Ourique German Μάχη του Ουνρίκε Greek Batalo de Ourique Esperanto Batalla de Ourique Spanish Ouriquen taistelu Finnish Bataille d'Ourique French

Battle of Ourique

Battle of Ourique
Part of the Portuguese Reconquista

"The Miracle of Ourique" by Domingos Sequeira (1793)
Date25 July 1139
Location
Ourique in Alentejo (southern Portugal)
39°10′12″N 8°45′36″W / 39.1700°N 8.7600°W / 39.1700; -8.7600
Result Portuguese victory
Belligerents
County of Portugal Almoravids
Commanders and leaders

Afonso Henriques

  • Royal ensign Garcia Mendes de Sousa
  • Mem Moniz
  • Diogo Gonçalves de Cete †
  • alcaide of Coimbra Gonçalo Dias de Góis
 Muhammad Az-Zubayr Ibn Umar
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Battle of Ourique (Arabic: معركة أوريكه) took place on 25 July 1139, in which the forces of Portuguese count Afonso Henriques (of the House of Burgundy) defeated those led by the Almoravid governor of Córdoba, Muhammad Az-Zubayr Ibn Umar, identified as "King Ismar" in Christian chronicles.

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