| Siege of Tomar | |||||||
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| Part of Almohad campaign against Portugal (1190–1191) | |||||||
 Citadel of Tomar | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Almohad Caliphate | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Gualdim Pais | Yaqub al-Mansur | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 300 knights. | 12,000 men[3] | ||||||
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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.
- ^ Geordie Torr: The Templars: The Legend and Legacy of the Warriors of God, Arcturus Publishing, 2020.
- ^ Kurt Villads Jensen: Crusading at the Edges of Europe: Denmark and Portugal c.1000 – c.1250 Routledge, 2016.
- ^ Hamilton White: The Tomar Hoard, Dolman Scott Publishing,2021, p. 23.