Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1172 Murcia ta ci nasara da arewacin Afirka Almohades, daular musulmi ta ƙarshe da ta yi mulkin kudancin Spain, kuma yayin da sojojin Kirista Reconquista suka sami rinjaye, babban birni ne na ƙaramar masarautar musulmi daga 1223 zuwa 1243. Ta hanyar yarjejeniyar Alcaraz, a cikin 1243, Kirista sarki Ferdinand III na Castile ya sanya Murcia mai karewa, yana samun damar shiga Bahar Rum yayin da aka kare Murcia daga Granada da Aragon. Kiristocin da ke garin sun zama mafiya yawa yayin da baƙi suka shigo daga kusan kowane yanki na Tsibirin Iberia. An ƙarfafa Kiristoci su ƙaura zuwa wasu ƙasashe don su kafa tushen Kiristoci masu aminci. Wadannan matakai sun haifar da tashin hankali na musulmi.
a 1264, wanda James I na Aragon ya dakile a 1266, ya ci Murcia kuma ya kawo Aragonese da Catalan baƙi tare da shi.