03/26 – The Siege of Al-Jazeera Al-Khadra

One of the many battles of the Reconquista, painted in 1837 by Charles Auguste Guillaume Steuben. (History Net) On this day in 1342, Muslim defenders in the city of Al-Jazeera Al-Khadra surrendered to the attacking Castilian Christians. The city - located on the southern coast of modern-day Spain - was a stronghold in the Muslim…