Portuguese Asilah
Portuguese Arzila | |||||||||
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| 1471–1550 1577–1589 | |||||||||
Portuguese Arzila depicted in Civitates Orbis Terrarum, 1593. | |||||||||
| Status | Territory of the African Algarve within the Portuguese Empire | ||||||||
| Capital | Arzila | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism Sunni Islam (Majority) | ||||||||
| King | |||||||||
• 1471–1477 (first) | Afonso V | ||||||||
• 1580–1589 (last) | Philip I | ||||||||
| Captain | |||||||||
• 1471–1479 (first) | Henrique de Meneses | ||||||||
• 1580–1589 (last) | Vasco Fernandes Homem | ||||||||
| Historical era | Early modern period | ||||||||
| 1471 | |||||||||
• First siege of Asilah | 1508 | ||||||||
• Captured by Saadi Sultanate | 1550 | ||||||||
• Restored to Sebastian I | 1577 | ||||||||
• Restored to Saadi Sultanate | 1589 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Morocco | ||||||||
Portuguese Asilah (Portuguese: Arzila Portuguesa) covers the period of Portuguese rule over Asilah, today a city in Morocco. The territory was ruled by the Kingdom of Portugal from 1471 to 1550 and again between 1577 and 1589.