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Las Navas de Tolosa, Battle of (sh) and Mewari (iou)


Las Navas de Tolosa, Battle of (sh)




or Battle of Al-?Uqab

(July 16, 1212) Major battle of the Christian reconquest of Spain.

It occurred during a Christian Crusade against the Muslim Almohad dynasty. Led by King Alfonso VIII, the combined armies of Leon, Castile, Aragon, Navarra, and Portugal found a secret route through a mountain pass in Andalusia (southern Spain) and surprised and defeated the Almohads at a site about 40 mi (65 km) north of Jaen.


Mewari (iou)



Mewari noun & adjective. L19.
[from Mewar (see below) + -I2.]
A. noun. The language spoken in Udaipur (formerly Mewar), a former State in NW India, now part of Rajasthan. L19.
b. adjective. Of or pertaining to Udaipur (Mewar) or its inhabitants. E20.