At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe · Maghreb
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Summary
The king of Portugal who perished at Wadi al-Makhazin 1.
The muster
He accepted al-Mutawakkil's offer of Morocco's coasts for his uncle's expulsion and gathered tens of thousands — estimates run from eighty to a hundred and twenty-five thousand — of Spanish, Portuguese, Italians and Germans in a thousand ships, desiring, in al-Salabi's words, a holy war to raise his name among Europe's kings 2.
The end
To Abd al-Malik's taunting letter he answered by delay against his commanders' counsel, and was killed on the field, 30 Jumada II 986/4 August 1578; Portugal's star sank, as her own historian Luís de Menezes laments 3.
Connections
- Opposed by
- Abd al-Malik al-Mu'tasim bi'llah al-Sa'di
- Allied with
- Muhammad al-Mutawakkil 'ala-llah al-Sa'di
- Opposed
- Abd al-Malik al-Mu'tasim bi'llah al-Sa'di
- Participated in
- Battle of Wadi al-Makhazin (986/1578)
People and things also explored
Battle of Wadi al-Makhazin (986/1578)· Abd al-Malik al-Mu'tasim bi'llah al-Sa'di· Muhammad al-Mutawakkil 'ala-llah al-Sa'di· Abu al-Mahasin Yusuf al-Fasi· Ahmad al-Mansur al-Dhahabi al-Sa'di· Abdallah al-Ghalib bi'llah al-Sa'di· Muhammad al-Shaykh al-Sa'di· Ridwan al-'Ilj, Abd al-Malik's chamberlain
Sources
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 260-267
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 260-261
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 262-267
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Sebastian I of Portugal”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/sebastian-i-portugal/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.