Three Kings, Battle of the
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▪ Moroccan history
also called Battle of the Wadi al-Makhāzin
(
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 down by much artillery and an army of 20,000 men. At the Wadi al-Makhāzin near
Ksar el-Kebir (Alcazarquivir), between the Loukkos River and one of its tributaries, Sebastian struck at ʿAbd al-Malik and his brother Aḥmad. The Muslim forces, though not as well equipped as the Portuguese, numbered 50,000 men—infantry and cavalry. They forced the Christians to retreat to
Larache on the coast, but, in crossing the Wadi al-Makhāzin, which was then at high tide, many drowned or surrendered. Both Sebastian and al-Mutawakkil were drowned, and ʿAbd al-Malik, seriously ill from the beginning of the encounter, died the next morning—hence the European name of the battle.
The victory provided the Muslim soldiery with a rich booty and the country with a new sultan, Aḥmad, now known as
Aḥmad al-Manṣūr (Aḥmad the Victorious); it gave Morocco a new prestige in Europe, furthering its diplomatic and commercial status. The death of the young Sebastian without heir, on the other hand, brought the Portuguese empire under Spanish control for the next 60 years.
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