The Battle of Cutanda took place in June 1120 between the forces of Alfonso I the Battler and an army led by Almoravid general Ibrahim ibn Yusuf occurring in a place called Cutanda, near Calamocha (Teruel), in which the Almoravid army was defeated by the combined forces, mainly of Aragon and Navarre.
Alfonso I was aided by William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, who commanded a force of knights in the battle. The AlmoravidEmir, Ali ibn Yusuf sent his general Ibrahim ibn Yusuf to intercept the Christian forces near Calamocha. The Muslim and Christian armies met at a place known as Cutanda where the battle ensued. The Almoravid army was destroyed and their general, Ibrahim, killed. After this battle the Aragonese captured the fortified towns of Calatayud and Daroca.
The scholar Abu Ali al-Sadafi was killed fighting on the Almoravid side.
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Cañada Juste, Alberto, La batalla de Cutanda (1120), 1997; Xiloca nº 20 ISSN 0214-1175
Tucoo-Chala, Pierre, Quand l'Islam était aux portes des Pyrénées, 1994; Biarritz: J&D Editions ISBN2-84127-022-X
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