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    Moorish Faction For Ravenfeast: Hajib

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    A Viking fleet raided the city of Seville in 844 while it was part of the Umayyad Emirate of Cordoba. The Vikings pillaged the city for several weeks before the Muslim army, led by the hajib Isa ibn Shuhayd, defeated them in November. After retaking Seville, the Muslims improved their coastal defenses to prevent future Viking attacks. During battles, the Muslim armies consisted of native troops, temporary volunteers, religious volunteers who guarded frontiers, paid foreign mercenaries, and irregular foreign mercenaries.

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    A Viking fleet raided the city of Seville in 844 while it was part of the Umayyad Emirate of Cordoba. The Vikings pillaged the city for several weeks before the Muslim army, led by the hajib Isa ibn Shuhayd, defeated them in November. After retaking Seville, the Muslims improved their coastal defenses to prevent future Viking attacks. During battles, the Muslim armies consisted of native troops, temporary volunteers, religious volunteers who guarded frontiers, paid foreign mercenaries, and irregular foreign mercenaries.

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    A Viking fleet raided the city of Seville in 844 while it was part of the Umayyad Emirate of Cordoba. The Vikings pillaged the city for several weeks before the Muslim army, led by the hajib Isa ibn Shuhayd, defeated them in November. After retaking Seville, the Muslims improved their coastal defenses to prevent future Viking attacks. During battles, the Muslim armies consisted of native troops, temporary volunteers, religious volunteers who guarded frontiers, paid foreign mercenaries, and irregular foreign mercenaries.

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    Moorish Faction For Ravenfeast: Hajib

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    A Viking fleet raided the city of Seville in 844 while it was part of the Umayyad Emirate of Cordoba. The Vikings pillaged the city for several weeks before the Muslim army, led by the hajib Isa ibn Shuhayd, defeated them in November. After retaking Seville, the Muslims improved their coastal defenses to prevent future Viking attacks. During battles, the Muslim armies consisted of native troops, temporary volunteers, religious volunteers who guarded frontiers, paid foreign mercenaries, and irregular foreign mercenaries.

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    Moorish faction for Ravenfeast

    “The Viking raid on Išbīliya, then part of the


    Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba, took place in
    844. After raiding the coasts of what is now
    Spain and Portugal, a Viking fleet arrived in
    Išbīliya (nowadays Seville) through the
    Guadalquivir on 25 September, and took the
    city on 1 or 3 October. The Vikings pillaged
    the city and the surrounding areas. Emir Abd
    ar-Rahman II of Córdoba mobilized and sent
    a large force against the Vikings under the
    command of the hajib (chief-minister) Isa ibn
    Shuhayd. After a series of indecisive
    engagements, the Muslim army defeated the
    Vikings on either 11 or 17 November. Seville
    was retaken, and the remnants of the Vikings fled Spain. After the raid, the Muslims raised new
    troops and built more ships and other military equipment to protect the coast. The quick military
    response in 844 and the subsequent defensive improvements discouraged further attacks by the
    Vikings.” 1
    During the 9th and 10th centuries “Andalusian Umayyad armies comprised 5 principal elements,
    these being: (1) the native regulars from those districts owing military service, i. e. the old Junds
    whose obligations were hereditary; (2) temporary volunteers called hashid or ‘recruits’ who were
    enlisted for a single expedition; (3) religious volunteers called mujahids or al-murabitun who lived
    in fortified frontier communities called ribats, to whom fighting the Christians was a religious duty;
    (4) permanent units of foreign mercenaries, the murtaziqa, paid regular salaries; and (5) irregular
    foreign mercenaries called muttawi’a whose only pay, like that of the mujahids, came at the end of
    the campaign in the form of booty and other gratuities.” 2

    Type Move Missile Melee Armor Morale Pts Traits


    Hajib 6” 0 5 5 5 75 Leader, Tough (3)
    Mounted Murtaziqa 14” 0 3 4 4 50 Mighty, Tough (2)
    Mujahid 8” 0 4 (x2) 3 5 37 Fanatic*
    Mutatawi’a mercenary 6” 0 4 4 4 36 Tough (2)
    Jund Spearman 6” 0 3 3 3 18
    Jund Bowman 6” 3 (18”) 2 2 3 23
    Hashid (recruit) 6” 0 2 2 2 12

    * Fanatic (+5 points): In the End of Turn phase, if this warrior has one or more Blood Tokens or a
    Raven Token and would be removed from play, he may make a morale test. If he succeeds, he
    retains the Token(s) but may remain in play for one more turn, after which he is removed as
    normal during the End of Turn phase.

    1
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_raid_on_Seville [accessed April 30, 2021]
    2
    https://weaponsandwarfare.com/2020/02/21/andalusia/ [accessed March 31, 2021]

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