Kaid Ridavan
Kaid Ridavan or Qaid Ridwán[1] was a Hafsid military leader who led an attack on Malta in 1429.
Siege of Malta
[edit]In September 1429, an army of about 18,000 soldiers led by Kaid Ridavan landed on the Maltese coast. The army had been sent by Hafsid ruler Abu Faris Abd al-Aziz II and had previously attacked and captured Mazara in western Sicily.[1] The invaders besieged Malta's capital of Mdina but they did not manage to capture the city. They looted the other towns and destroyed the Augustinian monastery in Rabat.[2]
Between 3,000 and 4,500 Maltese inhabitants were taken as prisoners and were enslaved[1][3] while many were killed.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Cassar, Frans X.; Mercieca, Simon (2015). "An unpublished account of the siege of Mdina (Malta) in 1429 by the contemporary Arab chronicler Al Maqrizi and its relevance for a better understanding of the narrative of the Ottoman siege in 1565". In Camilleri, M. (ed.). Besieged : Malta 1565 volume II (PDF). Valletta: Malta Libraries and Heritage Malta Publication. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 September 2024.
- ^ "575th anniversary of the 1429 Siege of Malta". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ^ "Battles & Sieges". Maltese History & Heritage. 2013-06-10. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
- ^ Castillo, Dennis Angelo (2006). The Maltese Cross: A Strategic History of Malta. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-32329-4.
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