Portuguese Asilah

Portuguese Arzila
Arzila Portuguesa (Portuguese)
أصيلة البرتغالية (Arabic)
1471–1550
1577–1589
Flag of Asilah
Portuguese Arzila depicted in Civitates Orbis Terrarum, 1593.
Portuguese Arzila depicted in Civitates Orbis Terrarum, 1593.
StatusTerritory of the Portuguese Empire
CapitalArzila
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Sunni Islam (Majority)
GovernmentColonial administration
King 
• 1471–1477 (first)
Afonso V
• 1580–1589 (last)
Philip I
Captain 
• 1471–1479 (first)
Henrique de Meneses
• 1580–1589 (last)
Vasco Fernandes Homem
Historical eraEarly modern period
1471
• First siege of Asilah
1508
• Restored to Morocco
1550
• Captured by Sebastian I
1577
• Restored to Morocco
1589
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Wattasid Sultanate
Saadi Sultanate
Today part ofMorocco

Portuguese Asilah (Portuguese: Arzila Portuguesa) covers the period of Portuguese rule over Asilah, today a city in Morocco. The territory was ruled by the Kingdom of Portugal from 1471 to 1550 and again between 1577 and 1589.