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Conquest of Tangier
Part of Moroccan-Portuguese conflicts

Portuguese Tangier, 1572
Date28 August 1471
Location
Tangier, Morocco
Result Portuguese victory
Territorial
changes
Establishment of Portuguese Tangier
Belligerents
Kingdom of Portugal Wattasid dynasty
Commanders and leaders
Marquis of Montemor Dom João[1] Unknown
Strength
Unknown Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown Unknown

The Portuguese conquest of Tangier (Portuguese: Conquista de Tânger) from the Wattasid dynasty, was a campaign that took place on 28 August 1471 by Portuguese forces under the order of King Afonso V, surnamed the African.

  1. ^ Ignacio da Costa Quintella: Annaes da Marinha Portugueza Book I, Lisbon, Typographia da Academia de Lisboa, 1839.

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