1578 in Morocco
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The following lists events that happened during 1578 in Morocco.
The country at the time was ruled by the Saadi dynasty.[1]
Incumbents
- Monarch: Abd al-Malik (until August) then Ahmad al-Mansur
Deaths
unknown date
- Pedro da Silva (captain)
- Diogo Lopes da Franca
August
- August 4:
Events
July
- July 12: the army of King Sebastian I landed at Asilah with 17000 troops and 600 ships to protect Portuguese enclaves against the advance of the Saadians.[2]
August
- August 4:
- the Battle of Alcácer Quibir was fought in northern Morocco, near the towns of Ksar-el-Kebir and Larache.
- Ahmad al-Mansur ascends the throne upon the death of his brother, Abd al-Malik.[3]
- August 14: al-Mansur's coronation is confirmed upon his arrival in Fez.[3]
December
- Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur commissioned El Badi Palace which began construction in the same month.
References
- ↑ Abun-Nasr, Jamil M. (1987). "5 - Morocco consolidates her national identity, 1510–1822". A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period. Cambridge University Press. pp. 206–247. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511608100.007.
- ↑ Narjess Ghachem-Benkirane; Philippe Saharoff (1990). www.acr-edition.com (ed.). Marrakech, demeures et jardins secrets. ISBN 978-2-86770-043-9.
- 1 2 Yavuz, Hulusi. "AHMED el-MANSÛR". TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). Retrieved 17 July 2026.