[4][5] Ruy López de Mendoza, Admiral of Castile formed an armada to assist the Castilian crusades on the North African coast.

[1] The day before Eid al-Fitr in year 658 of the Hijra (September 1260),[2] thirty-seven warships were sent to Salé by King Alfonso X.

[4] On 2 Shawwal, Castilian warriors landed in Salé and took the opportunity to perform the largest massacre in the history of the city.

[4] He ordered that all Castilian soldiers were to be killed, but some were able to escape the attack after ransacking houses, and looting and burning shops.

Following the liberation of the city, the Sultan ordered the construction of the Borj Adoumoue and a wall opposite the Bou Regreg.