Castillian defeat in Rio Salado

Castille won the last attempt to invade Iberia during the battle of Rio Salado. What if the Merinids won the battle.

How would it impact Iberia, or at least Andalusia?

Feel free to share your wisdom
 
Almohad situation but limited to Granada. Muslims would be seen as a threat and the conquest Granada might be tried sooner as they are not vassals any more.
 
Had the Salado gone in the other way, the Marinids would have been able to set up a power base in Andalusia as they would be in control of the Gibraltar straits. Perhaps, depending on the lever of their victory, they would be able to prolongue the life of the Muslim Andalusia for a few decades, but not too much.

If the battle is lost and Alfonso XI survives (no Gibraltar siege), it may give an interesting turn of events by putting a few years back the succession of his son Peter.
 
Had the Salado gone in the other way, the Marinids would have been able to set up a power base in Andalusia as they would be in control of the Gibraltar straits. Perhaps, depending on the lever of their victory, they would be able to prolongue the life of the Muslim Andalusia for a few decades, but not too much.

If the battle is lost and Alfonso XI survives (no Gibraltar siege), it may give an interesting turn of events by putting a few years back the succession of his son Peter.
Prolongue? Granada lasted a lot of time because it was a vassal and inoffensive. If the Maranids were seen as a threat they would have probably been kicked earlier. Besides the Maranids fall in the XV century so I don't see a delay under any circumstances. Granada was overpopulated and could barely feed its population without continous wheat and meat imports from Castile
 
And even then, Fernando and Isabel spent ten long years to finish the weak Granada stronghold with all the might of Castille on their backs and without having to recover from a setback as Alfonso XI would had in this alternative world.
 
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