Siege of Tomar

Siege of Tomar
Part of Almohad campaign against Portugal (1190–1191) and Almohad wars in the Iberian Peninsula

Citadel of Tomar
Date13 July – 18–19 July 1190
Location
Result Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Almohad Caliphate
Commanders and leaders
Gualdim Pais Yaqub al-Mansur
Strength
300 knights 12,000 men

The siege of Tomar was a military engagement that took place in 1190 between the Almohad caliphate who attacked the town of Tomar in Portugal, and the Templar Order, who owned the settlement and successfully defended it from the Muslim attack.