The battle of Albacete[1] (5 February 1146)[2] was a confrontation between Sayf al-Dawla (Zafadola), emir of Murcia and Valencia, and an army of the kingdom of León-Castile.
These sources—Ibn al-Abbār's al-Ḥulla al-siyarāʾ, al-Dhahabī's Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ and Ibn al-Kardabūs's Taʾrīkh al-Andalus—were written somewhat later.
[6][7] According to al-Dhahabī, Sayf al-Dawla was hesitant to give battle and accused the qāḍī Ibn ʿIyād of undermining his relations with Alfonso.
The Chronicle claims that the inhabitants of the raided territory offered to submit to Sayf al-Dawla if he would defend them from the Christians.
Despite its general perspective in favour of fighting Muslims, it clearly regards the death of Sayf al-Dawla as unfortunate and unintended.