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Portugal

البرتغال

Country in south-western Europe on the Atlantic.

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Region
al-Andalus & Europe
Identifiers
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Home of
Abd al-Malik al-Mu'tasim bi'llah al-Sa'di· Afonso de Albuquerque· Alauddin Ri'ayat Syah al-Qahhar· Alfonso XI of Castile· Ali Mughayat Syah· Francisco de Almeida
Under the rule of
Prince Philip (Philip II of Spain)· Sebastian I of Portugal

People and things also explored

Battle of Wadi al-Makhazin (986/1578)· Ahmad al-Mansur al-Dhahabi al-Sa'di· Muhammad al-Mutawakkil 'ala-llah al-Sa'di· Abd al-Malik al-Mu'tasim bi'llah al-Sa'di· Alauddin Ri'ayat Syah al-Qahhar· Ali Mughayat Syah· Sebastian I of Portugal· Naval Battle of Diu

Sources

  • Wikidata
  • GeoNames gazetteer
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islam.museum contributors. “Portugal”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/portugal/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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Battle of Wadi al-Makhazin (986/1578)

The Battle of the Three Kings at al-Qasr al-Kabir, Monday 30 Jumada II 986/4 August 1578. Morocco's sultan Abd al-Malik al-Mu'tasim — Ottoman-backed — met King Sebastian of Portugal, who had massed tens of thousands of Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and German troops to restore his deposed ally Muhammad al-Mutawakkil. Abd al-Malik cut the enemy from his fleet and blew the river's only bridge; he died of illness minutes into the battle, his chamberlain Ridwan and brother Ahmad al-Mansur concealing it until victory was complete in four hours and a third. All three kings perished — Sebastian slain, al-Mutawakkil drowned, Abd al-Malik on the field — and Ahmad al-Mansur was acclaimed on the spot; the Sa'di star rose until Europe's embassies 'kept morning and evening at her palace gates'.