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Abu Abdallah attempted to flee but was drowned in the river. Because of the deaths during the fighting of Sebastian, Abu Abdallah, and Abd Al-Malik, the battle became known in Morocco as the Battle of the Three Kings.
Battle of the Three Kings, (Aug. 4, 1578), defeat dealt the invading Portuguese armies of King Sebastian by the Saʿdī sultan of Morocco, ʿAbd al-Malik. Sebastian wished to subject Muslim Morocco to Christian rule. Allied with the deposed Moroccan sultan, al-Mutawakkil, he landed at Tangier weighed.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Battle of the Three Kings punctuated the end of the long struggle for Morocco that began with the Portuguese conquest of Ceuta in 1415. It upheld an independent cultural and political entity in northwestern Africa, deflecting Iberia notions of a neo-reconquest and Turkish designs to bring Morocco into the Ottoman orbit.
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Aug 4, 2021 · Why the Battle of the Three Kings Lives On In Moroccan Memory. August 4th marks the 443rd anniversary of the historic battle that saw Moroccan forces defeat Portugal. Rabat - Like any other...
The Battle of Ksar El Kebir, also known as Battle of Three Kings, or " Battle of Oued El Makhazeen " in Morocco, and Battle of Alcácer Quibir in Portugal (variant spellings are legion: Alcácer-Quivir, Alcazarquivir, Alcassar, meaning grand castle in Arabic), was fought in northern Morocco, near the town of Ksar-el-Kebir and Larache, on 4 August ...
Aug 6, 2021 · Another interesting fact is that this battle was also known as the Battle of the Three Kings due to the presence of King Sebastian, former Sultan Abdullah, and Sultan Malik. In the end, the Moroccans under Malik won the battle by using his cavalry to encircle the immobile Portuguese, who possessed no cavalry of any sort.
