Battle of the Alcaides

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Battle of the Alcaides
Part of the Moroccan–Portuguese conflicts
Date 1514 Location Boulaouane, Morocco Result Decisive Portuguese victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Portugal	Sultanate of Morocco
Commanders and leaders
Nuno Fernandes de Ataíde Martim Afonso de Melo Coutinho João de Meneses Iheabenafut	Unknown
Strength
800 cavalry 1000 infantry 400 lances 50 horses	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Light	2.000 Dead 280 prisoners[1]
Portuguese forces also received assistance from a "friendly Moor" named Iheabenafut with 1,500 lances.

The Battle of the Alcaides, fought in 1514, was a significant military engagement between the forces of the kings of Fez and Mequinez and the Portuguese defenders, along with their local allies, near the city of Azemmour in the town of Boulaouane.^[1]