Ibn Bassam describes how the incessant invasions of the Castillans forced him to run away from Santarém in Portugal, "the last of the cities of the west," after seeing his lands ravaged and his wealth destroyed, a ruined man with no possessions save his battered sword.
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He was born in Santarém (sometimes spelled Shantarin or Xantarin) and died in 1147.
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