Siege of Almadinat Almuqadasa

Siege of Almadinat Almuqadasa
Part of the Creeperian Crusade and the Second Campaign of Miguel I
Taking of Almadinat Almuqadasa by the Crusaders
Date September 1, 1324-June 13, 1326 (1 year, 9 months, 1 week and 5 days) Location Almadinat Almuqadasa, Caliphate of Deltino (present day La'Victoria, San Luís, Creeperopolis) Result Creeperian Victory Dissolution of the Caliphate of Deltino Esablishment of the Deltinian rump states of Abdan, Helam, and Jakiz
Belligerents
Creeperopolis	Deltino
Commanders and leaders
Miguel I Roberto Curtosé Cortéz	Selim VI   Iftikhar al-Dawla   Abdallah al-Mahdi   Ibn al-Hafiz
Strength
Modern sources: 12,200-13,300 Medieval sources: 17,000	Modern sources: 15,000-18,000 Medieval sources: 3,400,000
Casualties and losses
Modern sources: 3,000-4,000 Medieval sources: Very Low	Modern sources: 200,000+ Medieval sources: Very High

The Siege of Almadinat Almuqadasa (Creeperian Spanish: Asedio de Almadinat Almuqadasa, Arabic: حصار المدينة المقدسية) was a siege which occured during the Creeperian Crusade from September 1, 1324 to June 13, 1326. The siege of Almadinat Almuqadasa, the capital city of the Caliphate of Deltino, was the climax of the Creeperian Crusade. The cpature of the city brought an end to the Caliphate of Deltino and fractured it into three rump states: the Emirates of Abdan, Helam, and Jakiz. The fall of the city allowed Creeperopolis to expand its territory south down the Southern Landmass and led to the domination of Creeperian Catholicism in the Southern Landmass. Almadinat Almuqadasa was renamed to La'Victoria following its capture.

Background

The Caliphate of Deltino (734AD-1326) had difficulties establishing full control over Creeperopolis as the Creeperian inhabitants were overwhelmingly Creeperian Catholic and refused to be subjects of the Islamic caliphate following the Deltinian-Creeperian War fro 744AD to 745AD. The Creeperian inhabitants also wished for their kingdom to continue, free from Deltinian control. As soon as the Old Kingdom fell, the Deltinians established the Emirate of Rabadsun as a Creeperian client state with Rodolfo I as the Emir of the emirate to appease the Creeperans.

In 1231, Caliph Suleiman II died and was succeeded by his son, Suleiman III. Suleiman III reinstated laws revoked by his predecessors which allowed the practicing of any religion other than Deltinian Islam in 1231. He replaced the laws he revoked with the "One-Religion Decree," a decree which mandated that only Deltinian Islam could be legally practiced. This was met by resistance the Creeperian Catholics of the Emirate of Rabadsun. Then Emir Alfawnasu III used the basis of the "One-Religion Decree" to declare independence for the Emirate of Rabadsun as a Catholic Creeperian kingdom, called the Kingdom of Creeperopolis, on February 8, 1231.

From 1231 to 1301, the Creeperans were lead by Alfonso I (1231-1264), Alfonso II (1264-1273), Salvador I (1273-1285), and Manuel I (1285-1301). With the death of Manuel I, his son, Miguel I became King of Creeperopolis and continued the crusade against the Deltinians. He immediately began to rally up an army to fight against the Deltinians who he said, "...[have] been a thorn in the side of the Holy Creeperian nation for too long." He began his campaign, known as the First Campaign of Miguel I, in 1305 and pushed west into Deltinian territory. From 1305-1313, he continually pushed hard into northern Deltino. In 1317, Pope Juan XXII consecrated three archdiocese in the territory Miguel I had conquered: the Archdiocese of Salvador, which included the Papal State, the Archdiocese of San Romero, and the Archdiocese of San Miguel.

Prelude

Miguel I launched a second campaign in 1321 with the end goal of advancing on Almadinat Almuqadasa, the capital of the Caliphate of Deltino, and effectively annex the entire caliphate.

Siege

1324

Battle of Altal

Main article: Battle of Altal

See Also

• Creeperopolis
• Creeperian Crusade
• Caliphate of Deltino
• Almadinat Almuqadasa
• La'Victoria