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1437 – Battle of Tangier, attempt by a Portuguese expeditionary force to seize the citadel of Tangier, and their subsequent defeat by the armies of the Marinid sultanate . 1471 – Portuguese of Tangier rule (1471–1661) begins, under Afonso V of Portugal. [3] [4] [2] 1580 - Spain in power. [4] 1656 - Portugal in power again. [4]
Leonardo de Ferrari's plan of the Portuguese fortifications at Tangier, c. 1655. The Wattasids assaulted Tangier in 1508, 1511, and 1515 but without success.. In 1508, future Portuguese of India Duarte de Menezes succeeded his father as captain of Tangier, a function he had already been effectively performing in his father's name since 1507. [9]
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Killed in action in the Battle of Tangier. 4 May 1664 to 1664: Sir Tobias Bridge, Acting Governor 1664 to April 1665: John Fitzgerald, Governor April 1665 to 1666: John, Baron Belasyse, Governor 1666 to 1669: Sir Henry Norwood, Governor 1669 to 1670: John Middleton, Earl of Middleton, Governor 1st Term. 1670 to 1672: Sir Hugh Chomondeley ...
Barbara Hutton – wealthy American socialite dubbed by the media as the "Poor Little Rich Girl" because of her troubled life, lived in Tangier during the summer months from 1947 to 1975; Gavin Lambert – American (British-born) biographer, novelist and Hollywood screenwriter(and close friend of Paul Bowles), who lived 15 years in Tangier
Shortly after the conquest of Asilah by the Portuguese, Afonso V ordered Dom João, who was probably the son of the Duke of Bragança, to take Tangier. [5] [6] The citizens of Tangier believed support from Muhammad al-Shaikh, the governor of Asilah, would come to assist in repelling the invading Portuguese army. However, involved in his ongoing ...
Tangier (yellow) and the International Zone, 1953.Merchant flag of the Tangier International Zone. This is a list of Administrators (with executive authority over the territory and its European populations) and Mendoubs (representatives of the Sultan of Morocco, with authority over the Muslim and Jewish communities) of the Tangier International Zone.
Tangier's geographic location made it a centre of European diplomatic and commercial rivalry in Morocco in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [59] By the 1870s, it was the site of every foreign embassy and consul in Morocco but only held about 400 foreign residents out of a total population of around 20,000. [18]