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Battle of Torà of 1006

Torà, Solsonès, Lleida

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Battle of Torà of 1006

Historical milestone · Torà, Solsonès, Lleida

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Battle fought in 1006 at Torà (Lleida) between an alliance of Catalan counts and an army of the Caliphate of Córdoba. After an expedition by Ramón Borrell to Lérida in 1003, Abd al-Málik al-Muzáffar, son of the late Almanzor, had devastated the Montseny, Igualada and Manresa with 17,000 men; in 1006 he launched a new incursion against the Segarra and the Ribagorza, destroying churches such as the cathedral of Roda de Isábena. Facing him, Ramón Borrell of Barcelona, Bernardo Tallaferro of Besalú, Wifredo II of Cerdanya and Armengol I of Urgell joined forces and defeated him at Castrum Thoranum with around five thousand Muslim casualties. The victory consolidated the border line of the upper Segre and the Llobregós; the main source for the account is the monk André de Fleury, who included it in his work around 1043.

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