Ordinary Granadans paid Commerce_pay triple the taxes of ( non-tax-exempt ) Castilians .

During this time , the frontier with Granada was practically ignored ; the Castilians did not even bother to ask Request for or obtain Getting reparation for a raid Attack in 1477 .

In 1369 , Sultan Muhammed V of Granada took advantage of the Castilians ' distractions and in the Siege of Algeciras ( 1369 ) he seized Hold the city of Algeciras , on the west side of the Bay of Gibraltar , which Alfonso XI had captured in 1344 .

Citizens of Salé were busy celebrating Social_event Eid al-Fitr , and the Castilians killed Killing many of them .

For two weeks , Salé remained under the occupation Control of the Castilians , before Sultan Yacoub ben Abdelhaq rushed Motion to the aid of the city , and quickly ordered Request his troops to march Motion_directional to the gates of the city .

Both sides faced Perception_active acute shortages of food – the Gibraltar garrison was cut off Process_end from resupply Supply , while the Castilians , deep within enemy territory , could only be resupplied via an unreliable sea route .

After two months of inconclusive siege warfare , the Castilians and Moors reached Arriving a truce agreement that allowed Preventing_or_letting both sides to make Manufacturing an honourable exit Departing from the siege .