Raid of Marrakesh (1515)

Raid of Marrakesh (1515)
	Part of Moroccan-Portuguese conflicts
	; Bab el Khemis Gate in Marrakesh where the Morrocan garrison engaged with the Portuguese troops
Date	23 April 1515
Location	Marrakesh
Result	Moroccan victory
Belligerents
Portuguese Empire Berber auxiliaries;	Hintata Supported by:; Saadians; Wattasids
Commanders and leaders
Nuno Fernandes de Ataíde Dom Pedro de Sousa; Yahya ben Tafuft; Sheikh of Abido; Sheikh of Garabia; Sheikh Cid Meimam;	Emir Nasr al-Hintati
Strength
500 Portuguese horsemen; 2400 Berber horsemen	unknown
Casualties and losses
10 or 12 auxiliaries killed.	Unknown

The Raid of Marrakech took place in 1515, when the Portuguese governor of Safi Nuno Fernandes de Ataíde led a raid that penetrated as far as Marrakech in hopes of forcing its Hintata ruler to accept Portuguese suzerainty, the attack, however, failed.^[3]^[4]

It is considered the most daring exploit in the career of Ataíde.

^ Weston F. Cook: The Hundred Years War For Morocco: Gunpowder And The Military Revolution In The Early Modern Muslim World, Avalon Publishing, 1994, p.148
^ Damião de Góis: Chronica d'el-rei D. Manuel, volume VIII, 1911, p.104.
^ Susana Ferreira, The Crown, the Court and the Casa Da Índia: Political Centralization in Portugal 1479-1521, p. 146 [1]
^ Ataíde e os Mouros de Pazes da Duquela WordPress. Consultado em 19 de Outubro de 2015 [2]

[1] Weston F. Cook: The Hundred Years War For Morocco: Gunpowder And The Military Revolution In The Early Modern Muslim World, Avalon Publishing, 1994, p.148

[2] Damião de Góis: Chronica d'el-rei D. Manuel, volume VIII, 1911, p.104.

[Susana-3] Susana Ferreira, The Crown, the Court and the Casa Da Índia: Political Centralization in Portugal 1479-1521, p. 146 [1]

[Ataíde-4] Ataíde e os Mouros de Pazes da Duquela WordPress. Consultado em 19 de Outubro de 2015 [2]

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