| Conquest of Tangier | |||||||||
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| Part of Moroccan–Portuguese conflicts | |||||||||
 The Moors leaving the city of Tangier (illustration by Alfredo Roque Gameiro, c. 1899) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 Kingdom of Portugal | Wattasid dynasty | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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João of Braganza[1] | Unknown | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
The Portuguese conquest of Tangier (Portuguese: Conquista de Tânger) from the Wattasid dynasty, was a campaign that took place on 28 August 1471 by Portuguese forces under the order of King Afonso V, surnamed the African.
- ^ Ignacio da Costa Quintella: Annaes da Marinha Portugueza Book I, Lisbon, Typographia da Academia de Lisboa, 1839.