Capture of Fez (1576)

Capture of Fez
	Part of Ottoman Expeditions to Morocco
	; Ottoman miniature depicting the capture of Morocco under the command of the Algerian governor Ramazan Pasha
Date	March 1576
Location	Fez, Saadi Sultanate34°18′N 4°54′W / 34.3°N 4.9°W
Result	Ottoman Algerian victory ; Ottoman force conquers Fez and then Marrakesh; Abd al-Malek assumes rule over Morocco as an Ottoman vassal;
Belligerents
Saadi Sultanate	Regency of Algiers; Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Mulay Muhammed	Abd al-Malek; Ramazan Pasha
Strength
Turkish sources: 60,000	Turkish sources: 14,700
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown
	Capture of Fez class=notpageimage\| Location of capture of Fez in Morocco.

The Capture of Fez occurred in 1576 at the Moroccan city of Fez, when an Ottoman force from Algiers supported the prince Abd al-Malik in gaining the throne of the Saadi Sultanate against his nephew and rival claimant Mulay Muhammed al-Mutawakkil in exchange for making the Sultanate an Ottoman vassal.^[10]^[3]

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