Raid of Marrakesh (1515)

Raid of Marrakesh (1515)
	Part of Moroccan-Portuguese conflicts
	; Bab el Khemis Gate in Marrakesh where the Morrocan garrison engaged with the Portuguese troops
Date	23 April 1515
Location	Marrakesh
Result	Moroccan victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire; Berber auxiliaries;	Hintata; Supported by:; Saadians; Wattasids
Commanders and leaders
Nuno Fernandes de Ataíde; Dom Pedro de Sousa; Yahya ben Tafuft; Sheikh of Abido; Sheikh of Garabia; Sheikh Cid Meimam;	Emir Nasr al-Hintati
Strength
500 Portuguese horsemen; 2400 Berber horsemen	unknown
Casualties and losses
None Portuguese killed but some wounded; 10 or 12 Berbers killed and many wounded.	Unknown

The Raid of Marrakech took place in 1515, when the Portuguese governor of Safi Nuno Fernandes de Ataíde led a raid that penetrated as far as Marrakech in hopes of forcing its Hintata ruler to accept Portuguese suzerainty, the attack, however, failed.^[3]^[4]

It is considered the most daring exploit in the career of Ataíde.

^ Weston F. Cook: The Hundred Years War For Morocco: Gunpowder And The Military Revolution In The Early Modern Muslim World, Avalon Publishing, 1994, p.148
^ Damião de Góis: Chronica d'el-rei D. Manuel, volume VIII, 1911, p.104.[1]
^ Susana Ferreira, The Crown, the Court and the Casa Da Índia: Political Centralization in Portugal 1479-1521, p. 146 [2]
^ Ataíde e os Mouros de Pazes da Duquela WordPress. Consultado em 19 de Outubro de 2015 [3]

[1] Weston F. Cook: The Hundred Years War For Morocco: Gunpowder And The Military Revolution In The Early Modern Muslim World, Avalon Publishing, 1994, p.148

[2] Damião de Góis: Chronica d'el-rei D. Manuel, volume VIII, 1911, p.104.[1]

[Susana-3] Susana Ferreira, The Crown, the Court and the Casa Da Índia: Political Centralization in Portugal 1479-1521, p. 146 [2]

[Ataíde-4] Ataíde e os Mouros de Pazes da Duquela WordPress. Consultado em 19 de Outubro de 2015 [3]

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