Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Maghreb
- Identifiers
- Wikidata
- Review
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Summary
The Wattasid king defeated at Bi'r 'Uqba in 943/1536 2.
The defeat
The Khalut tribes who formed his army's vanguard deserted and spread chaos through it; he fell before the Sa'dis near Wadi al-'Abid 2.
Toward Portugal
The defeat pushed him to an eleven-year treaty with Portugal, placing Moroccans around Asilah, Tangier and Qasr al-Saghir under the jurisdiction of the king of Fas, permitting Wattasid subjects' trade there barring arms and contraband, and forbidding purchase of booty taken from Moroccans from Ottoman or French ships 1.
Connections
- Ruled over
- Wattasid dynasty
- Participated in
- Battle of Bi'r 'Uqba (1536)
People and things also explored
Ahmad al-A'raj al-Sa'di· Battle of Bi'r 'Uqba (1536)· Wattasid dynasty
Sources
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 221-222
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 221
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ahmad al-Wattasi”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ahmad-al-wattasi/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.