Muslim Decisive Victories, Volume 4

By S.E. Al-Djazairi

This fourth and final volume of the series devoted to Muslim Decisive Victories focuses on 16th century North Africa.Both Spain and Portugal, the two leading Western Christian powers of the era, had begun carving up for themselves empires in North Africa. The entire subjugation of the Maghrib seemed to be only a matter of time before the Algerians first, then the Moroccans, defeated both powers in two decisive battles.In 1541, Emperor Charles V, the most powerful ruler in Europe, led a huge armada against Algiers that included the best officers of the time such as Cortes, the conqueror of Mexico. The Spanish-led army, also including the finest soldiers of Christendom, was first beaten outside Algiers before one of the greatest storms in the history of the region hit the invaders on both land and sea and terminated the expedition. The losses in men and ships were so heavy, Spanish power was dented permanently. Charles never led another expedition. Decades later, in 1578, the Portuguese led by their king, Sebastian, and accompanied again by military elites from Europe, were met by the Moroccans (led by their Sultan, Abd al-Malek) at Wadi al-Makhzen, south of Tangiers. In an epic encounter, the Moroccans crushed the Portuguese-led army, thus terminating both Portuguese threat and power at once.These are the two mighty battles narrated in this volume. The work does not just focus on the battles it also describes their background and, in view of this, explains what would have been the consequences for the region had the Christian armies won.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1980240833
• ISBN13: 9781980240839
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.4" x 8.5"