Moroccan forces

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Moroccan forces were the military units of the Sultanate of Morocco that repeatedly besieged and ultimately pressured the English-held port city of Tangier during the late 17th century.

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Label Occurrences
Moroccan forces canonical 3

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military forces ⓘ
besieged Tangier ⓘ
commandedBy Sultan Moulay Ismail ⓘ
conflict Sieges of Tangier ⓘ
controlledBy Sultan of Morocco ⓘ
country Sultanate of Morocco ⓘ
engagedAgainst English Empire ⓘ
linked to: British Empire
engagedIn siege warfare ⓘ
frequencyOfAction repeated sieges of Tangier ⓘ
historicalContext Anglo-Moroccan conflicts of the 17th century ⓘ
languageContext English historical sources refer to them as Moroccan forces ⓘ
location Atlantic coast of Morocco ⓘ
Strait of Gibraltar region ⓘ
linked to: Strait of Gibraltar
objective expel English from Tangier ⓘ
recover Tangier for the Sultanate of Morocco ⓘ
operatedIn Tangier ⓘ
opposed English garrison of Tangier ⓘ
partOf armed forces of the Sultanate of Morocco ⓘ
pressured English-held port city of Tangier ⓘ
region North Africa ⓘ
result English withdrawal from Tangier in 1684 ⓘ
return of Tangier to Moroccan control ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Tangier and its hinterland ⓘ
linked to: Tangier
timePeriod late 17th century ⓘ
usedTactics artillery bombardment ⓘ
blockade of Tangier ⓘ
raids around Tangier ⓘ
usedUnitType artillery ⓘ
cavalry ⓘ
infantry ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tangier 1662–1680 → hasParticipant → Moroccan forces ⓘ
Gao → conqueredBy → Moroccan forces ⓘ