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For the Siege of Gondor, Tolkien inspired on Almanzor using the beheaded heads of Spaniards during the Siege of Barcelona to demoralize Spaniards.
I quote verbatim from an Muslim chronicler about the siege of Barcelona:
>"The terror on the day the city was taken was such that it is said that the heads of men and boys were cut off and thrown inside the city and that the Muslims threw them back at the besieged. Other heads were sent to Córdoba and hung themselves at the gates of the city so that all those who entered and left could see the ferocity of the Muslims" (Chronicle of Ibn Idari al-Marrakushi).
For the Siege of Gondor, Tolkien inspired on Almanzor using the beheaded heads of Spaniards during the Siege of Barcelona to demoralize Spaniards.
I quote verbatim from an Muslim chronicler about the siege of Barcelona:
>"The terror on the day the city was taken was such that it is said that the heads of men and boys were cut off and thrown inside the city and that the Muslims threw them back at the besieged. Other heads were sent to Córdoba and hung themselves at the gates of the city so that all those who entered and left could see the ferocity of the Muslims" (Chronicle of Ibn Idari al-Marrakushi).
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