Republic of Salé
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The Republic of Salé, also known as the Bou Regreg Republic and the Republic of the Two Banks, was a city-state maritime corsair republic based at Salé in Morocco during the 17th century, located at t
View of Salé in the 1600s
Old Salé and New Salé in 1637
Port of Salé in the 1660s
Flags of Salé, from Carington Bowles' 1783 flag chart
Saadi Sultanate
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The Saadi Sultanate, also known as the Sharifian Sultanate, was a state which ruled present-day Morocco and parts of Northwest Africa in the 16th and 17th centuries. It was led by the Saadi dynasty, a
Republic of Salé
…Corsair Republic of Salé. He hired a fellow countryman from the Netherlands, Mathys van Bostel Oosterlinck, who would serve as his Vice-Admiral. The Saadi Sultan Zidan Abu Maali acknowledged Janszoon's election by formally appointing him as his ceremonial governor. In April 1627, with the support of Sidi…
The Zawiya and mausoleum of Al-Jazuli today, founded in Marrakesh after Ahmad al-Araj moved Al-Jazuli's body here around 1524
The Bab Doukkala Mosque, built between 1557 and 1571 with the sponsorship of Lalla Mas'uda, during the reign of Moulay Abdallah al-Ghalib
Portuguese depiction of the corpse of King Sebastian I before Ahmad al-Mansur, Caetano Moreira de Costa Lima, 1886
A Portuguese depiction of the 1578 Battle of Alcácer Quibir, published in 1629