{"slug": "saadi-sultanate", "label": "Saadi Sultanate", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saadi_Sultanate", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1136188", "qid": "Q1136188", "description": "ruling dynasty (1549-1659)", "entries": 8, "years": 6, "span": [1553, 1591], "span_label": ["1553 CE", "1591 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Saadi dynasty", "Sadians"], "related": [{"slug": "morocco", "label": "Morocco", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "mali", "label": "Mali", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "songhai-empire", "label": "Songhai Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "marrakesh", "label": "Marrakesh", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "timbuktu", "label": "Timbuktu", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "fez-morocco", "label": "Fez, Morocco", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1553, "year_label": "1553 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 23", "text": "September 23 – The Sadians consolidate their power in Morocco, by defeating the last of their enemies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362480437#July–September", "title": "1553", "revid": 1362480437, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1554, "year_label": "1554 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Saadi conquers the Kingdom of Fez.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366649182#Date_unknown", "title": "1554", "revid": 1366649182, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1554, "year_label": "1554 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 13", "text": "September 13 (Shawwal 15, 961 AH) – At the Battle of Tadla in Morocco, Mohammed ash-Sheikh, ruler of the Saadi dynasty enters the city of Fez and becomes the undisputed sultan. Ali Abu Hassun, last ruler of the Wattasid dynasty, flees.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366649182#July–September", "title": "1554", "revid": 1366649182, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1576, "year_label": "1576 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 11", "text": "March 11 – The city of Fez, part of the Saadi Sultanate in modern-day Morocco is captured by Ottoman forces led by Abd al-Malik, in an attempt to overthrow the Sultan Muhammed al-Mutawakkil and to make the Sultanate a vassal of the Ottoman Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362635528#January–March", "title": "1576", "revid": 1362635528, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1578, "year_label": "1578 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 4", "text": "August 4 – Sebastian, King of Portugal is killed in the Battle of Alcácer Quibir in North Africa while fighting the Saadi Sultanate. Sebastian's elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry, is named as the heir to the throne, initiating a succession crisis in Portugal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356931160#July–September", "title": "1578", "revid": 1356931160, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1590, "year_label": "1590 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 16", "text": "October 16 – Saadian invasion of the Songhai Empire: An army of 20,000 troops, led by Judar Pasha is dispatched from Marrakesh in the Saadi Sultanate (now Morocco), on orders of Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur. The Saadi Army's objective is to conquer the Songhai Empire, led by the Emperor Askia Ishaq II, in North Africa, corresponding to what is now the Republic of Mali.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369164716#October–December", "title": "1590", "revid": 1369164716, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1591, "year_label": "1591 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 13", "text": "March 13 – Battle of Tondibi: In Mali, forces sent by the Saadi dynasty ruler of Morocco, Ahmad al-Mansur, and led by Judar Pasha, defeat the Songhai Empire, despite being outnumbered by at least five to one.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358075583#January–March", "title": "1591", "revid": 1358075583, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1591, "year_label": "1591 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "May 30", "text": "May 30 – Timbuktu is captured by an expedition of Arma people sent by the Saadi ruler of Morocco and led by Judar Pasha.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358075583#April–June", "title": "1591", "revid": 1358075583, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}