[SeekAndFind]

A showdown was inevitable: “Islam and the Occident were now each represented by an outstanding personality,” writes historian Ramón Menéndez Pidal: “Yusuf the Saharan and the Castilian Cid stood face-to-face in the struggle between the two civilizations.”

[bigdaddy45]

ahh... thats wrong my friend. It was the Moops.

[Jim W N]

What a cool story.

I’m not sure the movie, “El Cid”, captured all of this. I saw El Cid as a kid but I didn’t know what was going on except that Moses (Charlton Heston) was now a hero on a white horse.

[Leaning Right]

Interestingly enough, El Cid spent some time working for the Muslims, leading their forces against the Christians. So you gotta wonder if he was motivated by patriotism or by the desire for personal glory.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Cid#Moorish_service