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- Maghreb
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Summary
The Sa'di sultan in Khayr al-Din Barbarossa's day 2.
Against Portugal and the Wattasids
He besieged Safi and Azemmour in 941/1534, and the cities nearly fell to him but for Portuguese relief; then he defeated his Wattasid rivals at Bi'r 'Uqba in 943/1536 3.
The truce
Answering a Portuguese overture, the two sides agreed a truce on 25 Dhu'l-Qa'da 944/25 April 1537 for three years with reciprocal trade — in al-Salabi's reading, the Portuguese aim was to prevent real cooperation between the Ottomans and the Sa'dis 4.
Connections
- Ruled over
- Saadi dynasty
- Opposed by
- Hasan b. Khayr al-Din Barbarossa
- Participated in
- Battle of Bi'r 'Uqba (1536)· Sa'di capture of Santa Cruz (1541)
People and things also explored
Battle of Mostaganem (965/1558)· Great Siege of Malta (973/1565)· Siege of Oran and Mers El Kébir (971/1563)· Abd al-Aziz b. Abbas· Abdallah al-Ghalib bi'llah al-Sa'di· Abu Zayyan Ahmad II· Ahmad al-Wattasi· Ahmad Muqran al-Zawawi
Sources
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 219-222
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 219
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 219-221
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 222
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islam.museum contributors. “Ahmad al-A'raj al-Sa'di”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ahmad-al-araj-al-sadi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.