The Mercenary Mediterranean_ Sovereignty, Religion, and Violence in the Medieval Crown of Aragon - Hussein Fancy

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214 notes to pages 89–90



  1. Frank, “Reverter,” 201 – 2 ; Clement, “Reverter,” 95 ; and Dufourcq,
    L’Espagne catalane, 21.

  2. Maya Sánchez, Chronica Adefonsi Imperatoris, ii.§ 110 , as cited in Barton,
    “Traitors to the Faith?” 28. See also Jean- Pierre Molénat, “L’organization mili-
    taire des Almohades,” in Los almohades: problemas y perspectivas, ed. Patrice
    Cressier, Maribel Fierro, and Luis Molina, 554 ; and Halima Ferhat, “Lignages et
    individus dans le système du pouvoir Almohade,” in Los Almohades: problemas y
    perspectivas, ed. Patrice Cressier, Maribel Fierro, and Luis Molina, 685 – 709.

  3. On the various interpretations of “Ifarkhān,” see Lapiedra, “Christian par-
    ticipation,” 238 ; Victoria Aguilar Sebastian, “Instituciones militares. El ejército,”
    in El retroceso territorial de al- Andalus. Almorávides y Almohades, siglos XI al XIII,
    ed. María Jesús Viguera Molins: 207 ; and Clement, “Reverter,” 81.

  4. Salicrú, “Mercenaires castillans,” 418.

  5. See Ibn Khaldūn, Kitāb al- ‘ibar, VII: 69 , on Don Enrique (Dūn Alrīk).

  6. David Lopes, “O Cid portugues: Geraldo Sempavor,” Revista Portuguesa
    de Historia 1 ( 1940 ): 93 – 109 ; and Eva Lapiedra, “Giraldo Sem Pavor: Alfonso En-
    ríquez y los Almohades,” in Bataliús: el reino taifa de Badajoz: estudios, ed. Fer-
    nando Díaz Esteban, 147 – 58. The Castilian prince Don Enrique also served the
    Almohads.

  7. Ibn Khaldūn, Kitāb al- ‘ibar, VI: 270. See also Barton, “Traitors to the Faith?”
    33 ; and García Sanjuán, “Mercenarios cristianos,” 437. Alemany, “Milicias cristia-
    nas,” 138 – 39 , connects the rise in the number of these soldiers to al- Ma’mūn’s rejec-
    tion of Ibn Tūmart.

  8. P. de Cenival, “L’Église chrétienne de Marrakech au XIIIe siècle,” Hespéris
    7 ( 1927 ): 69 – 84.

  9. Alemany, “Milicias cristianas,” 138 – 39 ; Clement, “Reverter,” 81 ; Barton,
    “Traitors to the Faith?” 30 ; and García Sanjuán, “Mercenarios cristianos,” 438.

  10. Ibn Khaldūn, Kitāb al- ‘ibar, I: 214 , translation adapted from Rosenthal,
    trans. Muqaddimah, 227.

  11. See Ibn Khaldūn, Kitāb al- ‘ibar, VI: 272 – 73 , for the use of the Christian
    militia against the rebelling Khulṭ tribe. See also García Sanjuán, “Mercenarios
    cristianos,” 439 – 40 ; and Ambrosio Huici Miranda, Historia política del imperio
    Almohade, II: 465. See also ‘Umar Mūsā ‘Izz al- Dīn, “Al- Tanẓīmāt al- ḥizbiyya
    ‘inda- l- Muwaḥḥidīn f ī- l- Maghrib,” Al- Abḥāth 23 ( 1970 ): 52 – 89 ; and Fāyiza Kalās,
    “Al- Jaysh ‘inda- l- Muwaḥḥidīn,” Dirāsāt Tārīkhiyya 31 – 32 ( 1989 ): 197 – 218.

  12. Ibn Khaldūn, Kitāb al- ‘ibar, I: 211 – 15 , suggests that this was generally true
    for North African rulers when it came to Christian soldiers.

  13. Ibn Khaldūn, Kitāb al- ‘ibar, VII: 179.

  14. Ibn Khaldūn, Kitāb al- ‘ibar, VII: 182 ff and VI: 279 ; and ACA, R. 15 ,
    fol. 130 v ( 3 Feb. 1268 ). See also García Sanjuán, “Mercenarios cristianos,” 439 – 40 ;
    and Alemany, “Milicias cristianas,” 130 – 40.

  15. For example, Ibn Khaldūn, Kitāb al- ‘ibar, VII: 180 , on the Marīnids.

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