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The Battle of Alcácer Quibir: Portugal's Catastrophic Crusade
In 1578, a young, impetuous Portuguese king named Sebastião led a massive crusading army into North Africa, aiming to conquer the Saadian Sultanate of Morocco. The result was the Battle of Alcácer Quibir (also known as the Battle of the Three Kings), a devastating defeat that killed Sebastião and much of the Portuguese nobility, and led directly to the end of the Aviz dynasty and sixty years of Spanish Habsburg rule. This episode explores the religious zeal that drove Sebastião, the complex geopolitics of Morocco involving the Saadian sultan Abd al-Malik and his deposed uncle Abu Abdallah…
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