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Portugal started to invade and occupy parts of coastal Morocco in 1415 with the conquest of Ceuta, which was besieged unsuccessfully three years later by the Moroccans. Then under Afonso V of Portugal , Portugal conquered Alcácer Ceguer (1458), Tangiers (won and lost several times between 1460 and 1464) and Arzila (1471) .
Moroccan–Portuguese conflicts refer to a series of military engagements between Morocco and Portugal throughout history from 1415 to 1769. The first military conflict, in 21 August 1415, took the form of a surprise assault on Ceuta by 45,000 Portuguese soldiers who traveled on 200 ships. [1] [2] It was later followed by the Siege of Ceuta in 1419
Engraving by Peter Haas depicting the siege of Mazagan, included at the book Efterretninger om Marokos og Fes by Georg Hjersing Høst, 1779. In early 1769, the 'Alawite Sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah, refusing to acknowledge the Portuguese rule in Mazagan, [7] prepared a large army of 70,000 men, arriving at Mazagan during the month of Ramadan, he had 35 cannons prepared and bombard it with ...
[1] [2] Azemmour, dependent on the King of Fes , even enjoying of great autonomy, paid vassalage to the king João II of Portugal since 1486. The disagreements generated with the governor Moulay Zayam, who refused to pay tribute to Manuel I of Portugal and prepared an army to defend itself, causing King Manuel to send a fleet to that city on 15 ...
Ksar es-Seguir at the time served as a Muslim pirate haven for the Marinid Sultan, with whom Portugal was at war. [2] Marinid rulers after 1420 came under the control of the Wattasids, who exercised a regency as Abd al-Haqq II became Sultan one year after his birth. The Wattasids however refused to give up the Regency after Abd al-Haqq came to ...
[4] Nasir ibn Chentaf, the Hintata ruler of the city, was forced to agree to tribute and allow the Portuguese to erect a fortress in Marrakesh. [ 6 ] However, the agreement was not carried out, so the next year the Portuguese and their Moorish allies returned at the head of a strong army, aiming to seize Marrakesh directly.
Pages in category "Morocco–Portugal military relations" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Portuguese occupied Ceuta in 1415 at the Conquest of Ceuta.In 1490, King John II prepared an expedition against the Moroccan qaid of Chefchaouen Ali Ibn Rashid al-Alam ("Barraxa" in Portuguese), and entrusted command to the son of the Marquis of Vila Real, Dom Fernando de Meneses, who was provided with 50 ships. [1]