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    Asilah (Arabic: أصيلة, romanized: aṣīlah) is a fortified town on the northwest tip of the Atlantic coast of Morocco, about 31 km (19 mi) south of Tangier...
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    Portuguese Asilah (Portuguese: Arzila Portuguesa) covers the period of Portuguese rule over Asilah, today a city in Morocco. The territory was ruled by...
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    The Portuguese conquest of Asilah (Arabic: أصيلة، أرزيلة; Portuguese: Arzila) in modern Morocco from the Wattasids took place on 24 August 1471. Continuing...
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    connecting to the road to Tetouan and Ceuta. There is another intersection at Asilah, with 40 km remaining to Tangier. The road then crosses the Tahaddart river...
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    At first, Ferdinand was held in relative comfort as a noble hostage in Asilah, but when it became apparent that the Portuguese authorities had no intention...
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    silk. The four tapestries are titled: The Landing at Asilah, The Siege of Asilah, The Assault on Asilah, and The Fall of Tangier. Their historical context...
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    The Grand Mosque in Asilah, Morocco, is the main mosque of the historic royal citadel (kasbah) in the old city (medina) of Asilah. It was built under...
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    cities in North Africa, such as, Ksar es-Seghir (1458), Anfa (1471) and Asilah (1471). These conquests, allowed Portugal to go further into Muslim territory...
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  • Asilah (Arabic: أصيلة, also spelled Asileh and Asila) is a village in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located west of...
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  • monuments that are classified by the Moroccan ministry of culture around Asilah. "Inventaire et Documentation du Patrimoine Culturel du Maroc". idpc.ma...
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  • Al-ʽAsila (redirect from Al `asilah)
    Al-ʽAsila (العسیلا) is a village in eastern Yemen. It is located in the Hadhramaut Governorate. Towns and villages in the Hadhramaut Governorate v t e...
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    Mohamed Benaissa (category People from Asilah)
    Affairs of Morocco from 1999 to 2007. Benaissa was born on 3 January 1937 in Asilah, Morocco.[citation needed] He received a bachelor's degree in communications...
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  • A partial list of synagogues in Morocco: Beth-El Synagogue Kahal Synagogue Rabbi Abraham Moul Niss Synagogue Bensimon Synagogue Benarrosh Synagogue Em-Habanime...
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  • and cattle. Conquest of Ceuta Anfa Expedition (1468) Conquest of Asilah Portuguese Asilah Portuguese Tangier José António Rodrigues Pereira: Actividades...
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    brother Bartholomew as second in command and his son Fernando. He sailed to Asilah on the Moroccan coast to rescue Portuguese soldiers said to be besieged...
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  • La Mámora (1614) Siege of Mamora (1681) Siege of Larache (1689) Siege of Asilah (1692) Siege of Oran (1693) Siege of Melilla (1694–1696) Siege of Melilla...
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    (Moroccan Arabic: قواس) is a settlement in northern Morocco near the town of Asilah. It was occupied in both the Punic and Roman periods and later in the Medieval...
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    latter had refused to join him and Muhammad against Isa. Al-Qasim fled to Asilah and settled nearby, while Muhammad gave Umar governorship of Tangier as...
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  • directed by Bouchra Ijork starring Houda Rihani and Youssef Joundy set in Asilah in the 1980s. The film was first aired on television during Ramadan of 2007...
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    28 August 1471 after its garrison fled upon learning of the conquest of Asilah. As in Ceuta, they converted its chief mosque into the town's cathedral...
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    The Portuguese forces, personally commanded by King Afonso V, in the conquest of Asilah, Morocco, 1471, from the Pastrana Tapestries....
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    Tlemcen, which was under a Marinid siege at the time, and proceeded to occupy Asilah, Larache, and Ksar es-Seghir along the Moroccan coast. When the Marinid...
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    Rebellions 1st Alpujarras 2nd Alpujarras North Africa Salé Strait 1st Ceuta 2nd Ceuta 3nd Ceuta Tétouan 4nd Ceuta 1st Tangier Asilah Melilla 2nd Tangier...
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    presence on Morocco's coast. Mohammad al-Chaykh's son attempted to capture Asilah and Tangier in 1508, 1511 and 1515, but without success. In the south, a...
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    Morocco. It is located near Chouahed village, 15 kilometers southeast of Asilah, and consists of 167 monoliths surrounding a tumulus 58 m long, 54 m wide...
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    Ceuta and Alcacer-Ceguer in Africa" (after 1458). The 1471 conquest of Asilah, Tangiers and Larache, together with North African previous holdings, led...
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    along the coastline from region to region. It is generally presented from Asilah to Essaouira. The summers are warm to moderately hot, and winters are cooler...
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    led a successful raid on the city. In 1471, the Portuguese settlers from Asilah and Tangier drove the inhabitants out of Larache, and again it remained...
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    Cairo: Dār al-Shurūq. 2005. ISBN 978-977-09-1211-9. Naḥnu wa-al-Gharb : asʼilah shāʼikah wa-ajwibah ḥāsimah. Cairo: Dār al-Tawzīʻ wa-al-Nashr al-Islāmīyah...
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    learn that the Portuguese are unsure whether the bones in Belém are his. At Asilah, the governor Baxa Xerife Sid Mustafa Ben Raisun who received Dornellas...
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