Battle of Ourique

The Battle of Ourique (Arabic: معركة أوريكهcode: ar is deprecated ) was a battle that took place on 25 July 1139, in which the forces of Portuguese count Afonso Henriques (of the House of Burgundy) defeated those led by the Almoravid governor of Córdoba, Muhammad Az-Zubayr Ibn Umar, identified as "King Ismar" in Christian chronicles.

Battle of Ourique
Part of the Portuguese Reconquista
300px "The Miracle of Ourique" by Domingos Sequeira (1793)
Date 25 July 1139 Location Ourique in Alentejo (southern Portugal) 39.1700°N 8.7600°W / 39.1700; -8.7600 Result Portuguese victory
Belligerents
22px County of Portugal	[[[Almoravid dynasty|Almoravids]]
Commanders and leaders
Afonso Henriques Royal ensign Garcia Mendes de Sousa Mem Moniz Diogo Gonçalves de Cete  † alcaide of Coimbra Gonçalo Dias de Góis	Muhammad Az-Zubayr Ibn Umar
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

Background

Learning that during his Battle of Valdevez against Alfonso VII of León, Muslim forces had attacked and destroyed Leiria and Trancoso, Afonso Henriques's anxiety at this incursion at his southern frontier hastened his negotiations with Alfonso VII of León, leading to the Treaty of Zamora and freeing Afonso Henriques's troops to deal with the Muslim attack.

Battle Of Ourique Media

• O Milagre de Ourique - Salvatore Nobili (Sant'Antonio in Campo Marzio).png

  Afonso Henriques's vision of Jesus Christ and the Guardian Angel of Portugal during the Battle of Ourique (1139)