Battle of Salé
| Battle of Salé | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Marinid dynasty | Kingdom of Castile | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd Al-Haqq | Ruy López de Mendoza | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Unknown |
37 battleships Unknown number of soldiers | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Heavy losses to the soldiers[a] | ||||||
The Battle of Salé was a raid of the Moroccan city of Salé by King Alfonso X of Castile in 1260, when the city was governed by the Marinid dynasty. The city remained under Castilian occupation for two weeks, during which they captured 3,000 residents and took them as slaves. However, the Marinid dynasty regained control of the city after Sultan Yacoub ben Abdelhaq ordered his troops to march to the city gates.