First Battle of Cellorigo
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| First Battle of Cellorigo | |||||||
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| Part of the Reconquista | |||||||
 Place in La Rioja where the Castle of Cellorigo was situated, guarding the mountain pass. | |||||||
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| Kingdom of Asturias | Emirate of Córdoba | ||||||
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Alfonso III of Asturias Diego Rodríguez Porcelos Vela Jiménez |
Muhammad ibn Lubb al-Qasawi Al-Mundhir of Córdoba | ||||||
The First Battle of Cellorigo took place between the Kingdom of Asturias and the Emirate of Córdoba over the castle at Cellorigo and its surrounding countryside in 882.
In 882 the Banu Qasi ruler Muhammad ibn Lubb al-Qasawi who, like his father Lubb ibn Musa before him, had previously had good relations with the Christian kingdoms to his north, joined in a coalition with the forces of the Cordoban emir Muhammad I of Córdoba. The emir, as a gesture of good will, sent his son al-Mundhir of Córdoba to join ibn Lubb on raids along the Ebro. Ibn Lubb made his way from Zaragoza along the Ebro and devastated the valleys he passed through in La Rioja, which at the time belonged to the king of Zaragoza, Isma'el ibn Musa, and the King of Tudela, Navarre, Fortun ibn Musa, both of whom were uncles of ibn Lubb.