Battle of the Alcaides

Battle of the Alcaides
	Part of the Moroccan–Portuguese conflicts
Date	1514
Location	Boulaouane, Morocco
Result	Decisive Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Portugal	Sultanate of Morocco
Commanders and leaders
Nuno Fernandes de Ataíde; Martim Afonso de Melo Coutinho; João de Meneses; Iheabenafut	Unknown
Strength
800 cavalry; 1000 infantry; 400 lances; 50 horses	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Light	2.000 Dead; 280 prisoners
	Portuguese forces also received assistance from a "friendly Moor" named Iheabenafut with 1,500 lances.

The Battle of the Alcaides, fought in 1514, was a significant military engagement between the forces of the kings of Fez and Mequinez and the Portuguese defenders, along with their local allies, near the city of Azemmour in the town of Boulaouane.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Said, Maria Manuela Santos Alves on (2016-12-18). "A Batalha de Boulaouane ou dos Alcaides". Histórias de Portugal em Marrocos (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-25.

[Maria-1] Said, Maria Manuela Santos Alves on (2016-12-18). "A Batalha de Boulaouane ou dos Alcaides". Histórias de Portugal em Marrocos (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-03-25.

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