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Battle of Tangier
1437
September-October 1437
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Portuguese Colonial Wars in North Africa

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Twenty-two years after Portugal captured Ceuta, on the African side of the Strait of Gibraltar, King Duarte I sent his brothers Henry and Ferdinand against nearby Tangier. The siege was disastrously defeated by Governor Salat ben Salat, who accepted Portuguese surrender in return for Ceuta. Ferdinand was held for ransom and died in captivity when Ceuta was not handed over.


   
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