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PORTUGAL vs MOROCCO in THE BATTLE OF THE THREE KINGS at KSAR EL KEBIR on 04 AUG 1578 by MAJ Martin Farenfield. KSAR EL KEBIR 1578. Sultan Abd el Malik vs Dom Sebastiao Sultan Moulay Mohammed (deposed). OUTLINE HISTOY UP TO 1578 a. Portugal b. Spain
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PORTUGAL vs MOROCCO in THE BATTLE OF THE THREE KINGS at KSAR EL KEBIR on 04 AUG 1578 by MAJ Martin Farenfield
Sultan Abd el Malik vs Dom Sebastiao Sultan Moulay Mohammed (deposed)
OUTLINE • HISTOY UP TO 1578 • a. Portugal • b. Spain • c. Morocco • d. Warfare in the 16th century • 2. THE CAMPAIGN • a. Strategic goals • b. Diplomacy • c. Assembly of the Army • d. Deployment • e. Battle • 3. CONCLUSIONS
OUTLINE • HISTORY UP TO 1578 • a. • b. Spain • c. Morocco • d. Warfare in the 16th century • 2. THE CAMPAIGN • a. Strategic goals • b. Diplomacy • c. Assembly of the Army • d. Deployment • e. Battle • 3. CONCLUSIONS Portugal
711 1085 1128 Guimaraes
1128 1147 Guimaraes 1249 1385 1394 Lisbon
DYNASTY OF AVIS KINGS OF PORTUGAL 1384 - 1578 JOAO I 1384-1433 HENRIQUE *1394 +1460 DUARTE 1433-1438 AFONSO V 1438-1481
1472-1510 MOROCCAN COASTLINE LISBON MADEIRA& AZORES 1420-1427 CEUTA 1415 CAPE BOJADOR 1434 GOA 1510 CABO VERDE 1444 SENEGAL 1436 INDIA 1498 SAO TOME & RINCIPE 1471 EAST AFRICA, PERSIAN GULF, INDIA 1505 BRASIL 1500 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1487
1472-1515 MOROCCAN COASTAL TOWNS JAPAN 1549 LISBON MADEIRA& AZORES 1420-1427 CEUTA 1415 MACAU 1557 CAPE BOJADOR 1434 GOA 1510 CABO VERDE 1444 SENEGAL 1436 SAO TOME & RINCIPE 1471 INDIA 1498 INDONESIA 1511 EAST AFRICA, PERSIAN GULF, INDIA 1505 BRASIL 1500 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE 1487
JOAO I 1384-1433 DYNASTY OF AVIS KINGS OF PORTUGAL 1384 - 1578 DUARTE 1433-1438 HENRIQUE *1394 +1460 AFONSO V 1438-1481 DYNASTY OF HABSBURG KINGS OF SPAIN JOAO II 1481-1495 MANUEL I 1495-1521 CARLOS V & ISABELLE HENRIQUE REGENT 1557-1568 KING 1578-80 CATARINA & JOAO III 1521-1557 FELIPE II & MARIA 1556-1598 JUANA & JOAO + 1554 +1554 SEBASTIAO *1554 1557-1578 + 1578
OUTLINE • HISTORY UP TO 1578 • a. Portugal • b. • c. Morocco • d. Warfare in the 16th century • 2. THE CAMPAIGN • a. Strategic goals • b. Diplomacy • c. Assembly of the Army • d. Deployment • e. Battle • 3. CONCLUSIONS Spain
JOAO I 1384-1433 DYNASTY OF HABSBURG KINGS OF SPAIN DUARTE 1433-1438 HENRIQUE *1394 +1460 AFONSO V 1438-1481 JOAO II 1481-1495 MAXIMILIAN DUKE OF AUSTRIA MARIA & MANUEL I 1495-1521 CARLOS I & ISABELLE HENRIQUE 1578-80 CATARINA & JOAO III 1521-1557 FELIPE II & MARIA 1556-1598 JUANA & JOAO FERDINAND DUKE OF AUSTRIA & KING OF BOHEMIA SEBASTIAO *1554 1557-1578 FELIPE III 1598-1621
OUTLINE • HISTORY UP TO 1578 • a. Portugal • b. Spain • c. • d. Warfare in the 16th century • 2. THE CAMPAIGN • a. Strategic goals • b. Diplomacy • c. Assembly of the Army • d. Deployment • e. Battle • 3. CONCLUSIONS Morocco
1062 1160 1169 MARRAKECH
1513 1515 1524 1541
1541 1549 1550
THE SAADIANS SULTANS OF MOROCCO 1524-1650 Mohammed as Sheik 1539-52 Al Ghalib 1552-73 Abd el Malik 1575-78 Ahmed “El Mansour” 1578-93 Moulay Mohammed 1573-75
1571 ISTANBUL
OUTLINE • HISTORY UP TO 1578 • a. Portugal • b. Spain • c. Morocco • d. • 2. THE CAMPAIGN • a. Strategic goals • b. Diplomacy • c. Assembly of the Army • d. Deployment • e. Battle • 3. CONCLUSIONS Warfare in the 16th century
16th CENTURY WEAPONS & WARFARE Pike Arquebuse Sword Artillery guns
OUTLINE • HISTORY UP TO 1578 • a. Portugal • b. Spain • c. Morocco • d. Warfare in the 16th century • 2. THE CAMPAIGN • a. • b. Diplomacy • c. Assembly of the Army • d. Deployment • e. Battle • 3. CONCLUSIONS Goals
OUTLINE • HISTORY UP TO 1578 • a. Portugal • b. Spain • c. Morocco • d. Warfare in the 16th century • 2. THE CAMPAIGN • a. Goals • b. • c. Assembly of the Army • d. Deployment • e. Battle • 3. CONCLUSIONS Diplomacy
OUTLINE • HISTORY UP TO 1578 • a. Portugal • b. Spain • c. Morocco • d. Warfare in the 16th century • 2. THE CAMPAIGN • a. Strategic goals • b. Diplomacy • c. • d. Deployment • e. Battle • 3. ANALYSIS Assembly of the armies
Portuguese Navy: 600 ships Portuguese Army: 16,500 2000 Heavy Cavalry, mostly noblemen 2000 Castillian Infantry 3000 German Infantry 600 Italian Infantry 8000 Portuguese Infantry (draftees) 36 Artillery pieces 600 Light Cavalry, (Moulay Mohammed) 1100 Wagons 9000 Civilians (pages, servants, wagon drivers, slaves, mule drivers, woman, preiests and bishops, royal poet) Moroccan Army: 58,000 36,000 Regular Light Cavalry 10,000 Regular Infantry 15,000 Tribal Light Cavalry 26 Artillery
OUTLINE • HISTORY UP TO 1578 • a. Portugal • b. Spain • c. Morocco • d. Warfare in the 16th century • 2. THE CAMPAIGN • a. Strategic goals • b. Diplomacy • c. Assembly of the armies • d. • e. Battle • 3. CONCLUSIONS Deployment