At some point during the truces , control of Gibraltar was transferred Giving from the Marinid dynasty of Morocco , which had held it since 1333 , to the Granadans .

The Battle of Salé was a raid Military_operation of the Moroccan city of Salé by King Alfonso X of Castile in 1260 , when the city was governed by the Marinid dynasty .

However , the Marinid dynasty regained Getting control Control of the city after Sultan Yacoub ben Abdelhaq ordered Request his troops to march Motion_directional to the city gates .

According to historian Ibn Khaldun , when the Marinid dynasty took Conquering control over Salé from the Almohad Caliphate , Yacoub ben Abdellah le Mérinide rebelled Hostile_encounter against his uncle Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd Al-Haqq , and sought the assistance Assistance of King Alfonso X. Ruy López de Mendoza , Admiral of Castile formed Coming_to_be an armada to assist Assistance with Castilian crusades on the North African coast .

The attack Attack on Gibraltar was ordered Arranging by the recently crowned Marinid ruler Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman in response to an appeal by the Nasrid ruler Muhammed IV of Granada .

The city was the capital and the main port of the European territory of the Marinid Empire .

The siege Besieging followed years of intermittent conflict Violence between the Christian kingdoms of Spain and the Moorish Emirate of Granada , which was supported Supporting by the Marinid sultanate of Morocco .