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The Umayyad army then moved to Bobastro, while the cavalry was sent to the castle of Sant Batir, which was abandoned by the defenders, allowing Abd ar-Rahman's troops to secure a large booty.

Then it was the turn of the castles of Olías and Reina.

The latter fell after a violent fight, leaving the road open to the major city and provincial capital of Málaga, which he captured after one day.

Abd ar-Rahman then turned and followed the coast by Montemayor, near Benahavís, Suhayl ( Fuengirola ) and another castle called Turrus or Turrus Jusayn ( identified by Évariste Lévi-Provençal as Ojén ).

He finally arrived at Algeciras on 1 June 914.

He ordered a patrol of the coast to destroy the boats that supplied Ibn Hafsun from North Africa.

Many of them were captured and set afire in front of the emir.

The rebellious castles near Algeciras surrendered as soon as the Cordoban army manifested itself.