1411 Moorish Gibraltar siege between Granada and Marinid Morocco.
The Sixth Siege of Gibraltar in 1411 was fought between the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada and the Marinid Sultanate of Morocco over control of Gibraltar. A Granadan counteroffensive pushed Abu Said’s Marinid army back into Gibraltar, where Ahmad, son of Yusuf III, besieged and restored Granadan rule.
The Sixth Siege of Gibraltar in 1411 was a military conflict for control of Gibraltar between two Islamic powers: the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada and the Marinid Sultanate of Morocco, also referred to as the Kingdom of Fez. It was described as the only occasion on the Iberian Peninsula when control of Gibraltar was contested between different Islamic dynasties. Earlier, after the failed fifth siege of 1349–1350 and the death of Castilian king Alfonso XI from bubonic plague, Castile became embroiled in a civil war. In 1369 Muhammad V of Granada captured Algeciras on the west side of the Bay of Gibraltar and later made peace with Henry II of Castile. During subsequent truces, control of Gibraltar passed from the Marinids, who had held it since 1333, to Granada. In 1410 the Gibraltar garrison rebelled against the Granadan ruler Yusuf III and proclaimed loyalty to Marinid sultan Abu Said Uthman III. He sent his brother Abu Said with about 1,000 cavalry and 2,000 infantry, who took local castles and the ports of Estepona and Marbella. A Granadan counteroffensive in 1411 forced Abu Said back into Gibraltar. Yusuf III’s son Ahmad besieged the place, repelled relief attempts, stormed the Moorish Castle with help from Granadan sympathizers inside the garrison, compelled Abu Said to surrender, and restored Granadan control.
