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Ottoman entry into Fez (964/1554)

دخول العثمانيين فاس (٩٦٤هـ/١٥٥٤م)

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After the Sa'di defeat near Badis, the fall of Taza, and the battle of Kadiyat al-Makhali before Fez, the Ottoman forces with Bu Hasun entered Fez on 3 Safar 961/8 January 1554 (the printed text reads 964); the imam preached in the Ottoman sultan's name and the Porte declared Morocco annexed. Salih Reis stayed four months before Fez later returned to the Sa'dis 1.

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The Gunpowder Empires
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Maghreb
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The Gunpowder Empires

Summary

The Ottoman entry into Fez on 3 Safar 961/8 January 1554 (the printed text reads "964") 2.

The road to Fez

After the Sa'di defeat near Badis, the fall of Taza and the battle of Kadiyat al-Makhali before the city, the Ottoman forces with Bu Hasun entered Fez; the imam preached in the Ottoman sultan's name and the Porte declared Morocco annexed 2.

Four months

Salih Reis stayed four months securing Ottoman affairs and recovering Badis from Spain, before Fez later returned to the Sa'dis 3.

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Salih Reis· Bu Hasun al-Wattasi
Occurred at
Fes

People and things also explored

Muhammad al-Shaykh al-Sa'di· Bu Hasun al-Wattasi· Salih Reis· Fes Jdid· Capture of Fez· The great calamity of Fez, 813 AH· Idris II builds Fez· Fatima al-Fihri founds al-Qarawiyyin

Sources

  1. al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 238-241
  2. al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 238-239
  3. al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 239-241
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Muhammad al-Shaykh al-Sa'di

The Sa'di sharif, ruler of Fas, who ended Wattasid rule with some twenty thousand Ottoman-backed mujahidun, then turned resolute adversary: after retaking Fez he declared he would march on Algiers, asked Madrid and Lisbon for ten thousand musket-armed troops at the Emperor's expense, proposed razing Algiers itself — while stipulating no Arab ever be enslaved, as contrary to the shari'a — and struck a six-month Portuguese truce in early 962/1555, with al-Muzawwar Bu Ghannam his intermediary to Spain. Seizing the fleet's absence he entered Tlemcen unawares, but its garrison under Mahmud Safa Bak held. To Süleyman's envoy he returned refusal.