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    Ksar el-Kebir (Arabic: القصر الكبير, romanized: al-Qaṣr al-Kabīr), also known as al-Qasr al-Kabir, is a city in northwestern Morocco, about 160 km north...
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    Morocco) was fought in northern Morocco, near the town of Ksar-el-Kebir (variant spellings: Ksar El Kebir, Alcácer-Quivir, Alcazarquivir, Alcassar, etc.) and...
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    Marwan Abd al-Malik I, died in battle against the Portuguese army at Ksar-el-Kebir. Ahmad was named his brother's successor and began his reign amid newly...
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    musician". Born in Ksar El Kebir, Morocco, he now lives in Rabat. His last name is an artist name simply meaning "from Ksar El Kebir". He began training...
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    Hakimi was born in Madrid, Spain, to Moroccan parents from Oued Zem and Ksar el-Kebir. He joined Real Madrid's youth academy from Colonia Ofigevi in 2006...
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    and rival of the Ottomans The Battle of Ksar El Kebir, also known as Battle of Three Kings, or "Battle of Oued El Makhazeen" in Morocco, and Battle of Alcácer...
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  • Abd al-Qadir al-Fasi (category People from Ksar el-Kebir)
    al-Fasi was the founder of the Shadhili zawiyya of Ksar-el-Kebir. His biography, Tuhfat al-Kebir, was written by his son Abd al-Rahman al-Fasi. He was...
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  • primarily in northern cities such as Nador, Al Hoceima, Tetouan, and Ksar el-Kebir. Morocco was economically strained from six years in the Western Sahara...
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    however, fought with each other, culminating in the 1578 Battle of Ksar el-Kebir (or "Battle of the Three Kings"), where a Portuguese military intervention...
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    Portuguese Empire. The major battle, Battle of Alcácer Quibir, fought at Ksar-el-Kebir on 4 August 1578, was a catalyst for the 1580 Portuguese succession...
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    Driss Dahak (category People from Ksar el-Kebir)
    Driss Dahak (Arabic: ادريس الضحاك - born 15 August 1939, Ksar el-Kebir) is a Moroccan civil servant, and diplomat. He held the cabinet position of General...
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    occasional public arrests carried out in routine fashion. A court in Ksar el-Kebir, a small city about 120 kilometres south of Tangier, convicted six men...
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    Moroccan cities of Tétouan, Tangier, Asilah, Larache, Chefchaouen, Ksar el-Kebir, and the Spanish towns of Ceuta and Melilla. Tetuani Ladino was also...
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    attempt he and most of Portugal's nobility were killed in the Battle of Ksar El Kebir in Morocco, eventually causing a succession crisis, that eventually...
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    distinguished himself in combat ahead of 70 horsemen against the qaid of Ksar el-Kebir, whom he personally fought and captured, despite having been ambushed...
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    Violation competition ban due to expire on 6 February 2026. Born in Ksar el-Kebir, Morocco, Mohamed Katir was raised in Mula, Murcia, Spain since he was...
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    the village of Ouled Soltane, near Ksar el-Kebir. He finished his primary and secondary education in the Ksar el-Kebir, where he obtained a Baccalaureate...
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    Meknes (redirect from Meknès-El Menzeh)
    the name of the large public square in front of the Kasbah today, el-Hedim (or Place el-Hedim), means "the rubble" and came from the masses of rubble and...
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  • reaching its climax in the northern cities of Al Hoceima, Nador, Tetouan, Ksar el-Kebir, as well as Marrakesh. Initially, the movement was composed of student...
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  • century Moroccan wars against Spanish colonization. Cities like Tangier, Ksar el-Kebir, Mehdya, Asilah were reconquered by the Jaysh al-Rifi. One of its generals...
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  • population in 2004 was 472,386. The major cities and towns are: Khemis Sahel Ksar el Kebir Larache The province is divided administratively into the following:...
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    contemporary of Queen Elizabeth I, defeated Portugal at the Battle of Ksar El Kebir, beating the young king Sebastian I, a devout Christian who believed...
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  • Oued El-Makhazine also called Battle of the Three Kings against the King of Portugal Sebastian I and his allies and located next to Ksar El Kébir Carried...
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    heroically but unnecessarily on the distant North African battlefield of Al-Ksar al-Kabir on 4 August 1578, leaving no heir to succeed him. [...] He was in...
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    repulsed Ottoman incursions and a Portuguese invasion at the battle of Ksar el Kebir in 1578. The reign of Ahmad al-Mansur brought new wealth and prestige...
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    authority again over the rural tribes in the regions around Taza, Fez, and Ksar el-Kebir. Meanwhile, the Almohads lost their territories in Al-Andalus to Christian...
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    Mohamed Said Raihani (category People from Ksar el-Kebir)
    translator, novelist and short-story writer born on December 23, 1968, in Ksar el Kebir, north of Morocco. He is a member of Moroccan Writers’ Union, holder...
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    Casablanca-Settat Khemisset 131,542 Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Inezgane 130,333 Souss-Massa Ksar El Kebir 126,617 Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Larache 125,008 Tanger-Tetouan-Al...
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    Francisco de Aldana (Kingdom of Naples, 1537 - Ksar el-Kebir, (Morocco), August 4, 1578) was a military man and one of the most important poets in the...
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  • Mohammed Yusuf al-Fasi (Arabic: أبوالمحاسن يوسف الفاسي) (1530/1531 in Ksar-el-Kebir, Morocco – 14 August 1604 in Fes, Morocco) was a major figure of Moroccan...
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