Battle of Ksar el-Kebir
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- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements, Wars, Battles, Empires, Dynasties, Invasions, Raids, Conquests, Sieges
- Curriculum: Renaissance History, African History, Spanish/Portuguese History
- Geographical Location: Morocco
- Date: August 3-4, 1578
Article abstract: Type of action: Land battle in the Portuguese Colonial Wars. Result: Moroccans crush Portuguese invasion, ending more than a century of struggle.
By 1570, Portugal’s long dominance in Morocco was crumbling against the Saʿdīan Dynasty. However, the dynasty seemed to split after ʿAbd al-Malik deposed his nephew, Muhammad al-Mutawakkil in 1576. When Muhammad sought Portuguese troops to wrest the sultanate back, King Sebastian hoped to restore him as Lisbon’s puppet. In July, 1578, Sebastian landed at Arzila with 20,000 Portuguese troops and...
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