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At the same moment al- ‘Abbās presented Jaume with this agreement,
the Aragonese king signed and returned his own, which offers an oppor-
tunity to see this alliance from the other perspective.^79 Jaume promised
to inform all his officials of al- ‘Abbās’ new service as well as to estab-
lish the jenet as his vassal in the aforementioned castles. He promised al-
‘Abbās and his troops ample food supplies.^80 The jenets were guaranteed
freedom of movement, except travel into enemy territory. They were al-
lowed to keep the king’s quinta from all spoils as well as what was owed
to the Crown by any Christian soldiers who raided in their company.^81
The king also promised them the freedom to leave his service whenever
they wished, an understanding slightly inconsistent with al- ‘Abbās’. Nev-
ertheless, to this point, Jaume’s terms seemed to be the same that he had
offered other jenets.
AlmanzoraAlicanteMurciaCrevillenteJátivaCartagenaValenciaPurchena HuercalCuevas de Almanzora
VeraLorcaElcheJumillaVillenaCocentaina
AlcoyZurgenaCeutí LorquíJarafuelAlmeríaSeguraVin
alopóMediterraneanSeaMurciaGranadaValenciaCastileOriola0 25 50
miles- The Aragonese- Granadan frontier (1304). Courtesy Dick Gilbreath, Gyula Pauer Center
for Cartography and GIS, University of Kentucky.