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The Battle of Alcácer Quibir: Portugal's Lost King
In 1578, a young Portuguese king led a crusade into Morocco and vanished. The Battle of Alcácer Quibir—known in Arabic as Wadi al-Makhazin—shattered the army of Dom Sebastião, killed three monarchs in a single day, and triggered a succession crisis that ended with Portugal's crown passing to the Spanish Habsburgs. This episode follows the doomed campaign from the beaches of Arzila to the river crossing at Makhazin, the fatal decision to advance at dawn, and the legend of the 'Desired One' who never came home. We meet the victorious Saadian sultan Abd al-Malik, who died of…
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