Battle of Tangier (1437)
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title:
Battle of Tangier (1437)
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The Battle of Tangier, sometimes referred to as the siege of Tangiers, and by the Portuguese, as the disaster of Tangier, refers to the attempt by a Portuguese expeditionary force to seize the Moroccan citadel of Tangier and its defeat by the armies of the Marinid Sultanate in 1437. The Portuguese expeditionary force, led by Prince Henry the Navigator, Duke of Viseu, set out from Portugal in August 1437, intending to seize a series of Moroccan coastal citadels. The Portuguese laid siege to Tangi
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description:
Failed Portuguese invasion of the Marinid city
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tangier_(1437)
date created:
2011-03-13T20:59:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T18:02:32Z
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