Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-06-02

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in 1912, with all the Moorish power
The kings of Seville, Leon, C0rdov;
and other provinces, however, tool
courage from Spanish dissensions
and when Alfonso vi, of Leon
consolidated the Spanish power
in New Castle, Mohammed sum
moned the AlmOravide Arabs from
Morocco. Jusuf came with an army
and the MoslemS won another great
victory at Badajoz. No aid could
be gained from France to save Cordo.
va and Seville, and they were forced
to surrender to the AlmoravideS in
1904, when Jusuf became unques-
toned Emperor ofall MOslem Spain
and Portugal. His son, Ali, crush
ed Alfonso at Ucles in a reign and
campaign of fourteen years. But
Christian diSsensionS were healed
under these losses, while the hatred
of the polished Moors of Spanish
for their rude African co-religionists
increased, and Raymond took Sara
gOssa and conquered Davoca. Ali
himself was called to put down the
rebellOus Almohades in Africa, in
1888; but his lieutenants WithstOOd
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cessfully until 1139, when they We're
terribly defeated at Ourique, in Por-
tugal, by Alfonso Henriques.
The immediate results of this bat
tie were great. The Spanish Moors
at once expelled the Almoravides
they had summoned from all Spain,
when Ali was suffering defeat in
Africa. The African Almohade
caliph seized the opportunity, and
arrived in person to rule the more
tempting land. He conquered
the insurgent feudatOries in 1857
revived science and letters, and pa
| trOnized the famous Averahoes, and
enabled his successor, Yusuf, to re-
store the perfect empire before his
death, in 1884. Spanish strength
was at this period greatly sapped
by the enmity of the Jews, who had
been and were mercilessly oppreSs-
ed and when, at the close of the
century, a fresh host from Africa
threatened CASTLE, Yocup conquer
ed Alfonso in the great battle of
AlarcOS and gained all New CASTLE.
MOhammed Abu levied a vigorous
war and was met by equal, having
French aid. TheoppOsing forces met
atTOlOsa in theSummer Of1122, and,
if history is true where it presuma-
bly, lies, one hundred thousand
MOOrs were killed and sixty thous-
and were captured by Alfonso,
and the great Almonhade dynasty
fell.
While the last of this brilliant
and luxurious dynasty were Strug-
Cling with the kings of Saragossa,
Ferdinand III. induced the King
of Portugal to aid the kings of Cas-
tile, Leon, and AragOn, and their
combined forces drove all the Mos
lem power save that of minor and
discOntented kings of Estremadura,
Murcia, Valencia, and Algarve, to
their last stronghold in Granada. |
This city fell in 1852; and before
1875 Alfonso the Wise, and eXtin-
guished the Moslem power in Gran
ada that had encouraged agricul-
ture, introduced sericulture, found
ed manufactures, and created great |
system of irrigation; erected and |
supported schools and hospitals, pa
trOnized letters, and made very |
brilliant age in the heat of war and |
prevalent and continued disorder. |
The son of fMOhammed, the depOs- |
ed ruler of Granada, brought scion
of the Almohade dynasty from At
rica to war with the common Chris |
tian foe, and gained great victories,
at heavy price, in AragOn as well
as in Granada.
AT the close of the thirteenth GEN.
tury, Granada was OYerrun by Cas- |
tile; then torn by Nasar's revolt and /
by petty dissentiOn, so that in 1881 |
CASTLE vainly attempted to wreSt |
the great stronghold of Gibraltar
from the Moorish government of |
Granada. The endeavOr drew an
other Moorish army from Africa,
and Portugal united with CASTLE
and Navarro, and won desperate
victory at the battle of Rio SaladO |
and took Algesiras.
Not twenty years later, cOnspi-
acy under Abu Said depleted the
weakeningpower of Granada. Abu
was crowned, killed, and succeeded
by Mohammed; he by his son Jusuf,
who invaded Murcia, recovered the
throne in 1907, and reigned brilliant
Iy to 1870. Then the savage rule of
MOhammed VII. lost power to Cas-
tile and made Granada the last foot
hold of Moorish power tributary to
the conquerOT. Civil wars helped
Ferdinand and Isabella to the vic
tory they achieved over King Muza,
last ruler of his race, in 1491, at the
hands of GOnsalvo. The terms made
were honorable to Spanish as to
Moorish valor. The latter revolted
on account of the infraction Of some
religious stipulations in the treaty,
because they were baptized unWill-
ingly, Wholesale; but after subjuga-
ton the survivors were allowed to
return to Africa.
Andso, aftera rule of8O0 illustriouS
years-years madegreat by thegreat-
est attainments and culture and eff
fects, that still survive there and
over the WOrld-the sons of Taric
and Muza returned, as poor as their
father left, to the Kingdom they al
ways retained and still hold.