The Vikings are defeated in Andalusia
They came well to the very Sevilla on 25 September and this time were successful, managed to take the city with little resistance (although the citadel never surrender) and from there inland incursions began riding horses stolen. The booty was large.
The emir, quickly organized an army in Cordoba to expel the intruders, Rahman II, stunned in front of some warriors who within days had plundered three towns in its territory and moved at a speed unthinkable, managed to gather a large army and decided to ambush the Vikings south of Seville, in a place called "Quintos de Muafar". Keep in mind that the volume of the Viking expedition vessels used should be composed of a maximum of 1800 warriors which involved considerable force.
At dawn, when the troops departed from Seville Viking towards Moron Muslim troops waited for the signal agreed to pounce en masse to the invaders slaughtering many of them and getting to enter Seville to release it again. Several detachments Vikings had previously dispersed to other parts of Andalusia to continue their looting raids, those who escaped alive from Sevilla decided to return to their ships and keep going up the Guadalquivir in the hope of finding some of the troops had led to Cordoba, finally got back together again and downstream from both sides constantly harassed by Muslims.
Once left behind Sevilla, parleyed with Muslims and agreed to return all the prisoners they had made to change clothes and food to allow them to continue their journey. They also asked the Caliph of Cordoba sent an emissary as his ambassador to the king.
But near the present Tablada, were eventually caught by the bulk of the Muslim army, the battle was bloody and killed many men, it speaks more than 500 men and four boats. The punishment for those arrested was exemplary and many ended up hanging from the palms of Tablada.
But not everyone fell, those who escaped the slaughter achieved retaliate Fog City raiding and plundering before returning to the Atlantic. Thus ended the first Viking raids on the Peninsula, but did not forget those "blamenn" (black men), as they called the Saracens as talk of all the riches they had seen, which would lead to future expeditions.
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