Kaid Ridavan
Kaid Ridavan or Qaid Ridwán[1] was a Hafsid military leader who led an attack on Malta in 1429.
Siege of Malta
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
- ^ 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 "An unpublished account of the siege of Mdina (Malta) in 1429 by the contemporary Arab chronicler Al Maqrizi and its relevance for a better understanding of the narrative of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.