{"slug": "tangier", "label": "Tangier", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangier", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126148", "qid": "Q126148", "description": "city in and capital of Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco", "entries": 13, "years": 13, "span": [702, 1956], "span_label": ["702 CE", "1956 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 9}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "morocco", "label": "Morocco", "shared": 9}, {"slug": "moors", "label": "Moors", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "umayyad-caliphate", "label": "Umayyad Caliphate", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "spain", "label": "Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "al-andalus", "label": "Al-Andalus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "north-africa", "label": "North Africa", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "islam", "label": "Islam", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "arabs", "label": "Arabs", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "england", "label": "England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ceuta", "label": "Ceuta", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "arab-people", "label": "Arab people", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "slavery", "label": "Slavery", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 702, "year_label": "702 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Muslim-Arabs under Musa ibn Nusayr conquer Tangier and Sous, taking control of all Morocco (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807070#Arabian_Empire", "title": "702", "revid": 1340807070, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 710, "year_label": "710 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "An Arab army is invited into Ceuta by its governor, Julian, who is an opponent of Roderick. He encourages them to invade the Iberian Peninsula. Tariq ibn Ziyad is appointed governor of Tangier (Morocco), and establishes a Moorish garrison of 1,700 men.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807117#Europe", "title": "710", "revid": 1340807117, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 739, "year_label": "739 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Great Berber Revolt: The Berbers break out in revolt against the Umayyad rulers at Maghreb, in response to the oppressive, (and, by Islamic law, illegal) tax-collection and slave-tribute. The rebellion is led by the chieftain (alleged water-carrier) Maysara al-Matghari. He successfully seizes Tangier, and rapidly captures much of western Morocco. The Berber rebellion which erupts not only undermines caliphal rule and fragments the wilayat or province of Ifriqiya (North Africa), but paves the way for the emergence of autonomous local Arab dynasties.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809724#Africa", "title": "739", "revid": 1340809724, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 740, "year_label": "740 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of the Nobles: The Berber rebels under chieftain Khalid ibn Hamid al-Zanati defeat and overwhelm the Umayyad forces of Khalid ibn Abi Habib al-Fihri, near Tangier (Northern Morocco), undermining Arab domination in Islamic North Africa. The rebellion spreads in Al-Andalus (Spain), causing governor Ubayd Allah ibn al-Habhab to withdraw Moorish troops from many garrisons north of the Pyrenees.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352534655#Africa", "title": "740", "revid": 1352534655, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 951, "year_label": "951 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Abd ar-Rahman III consolidated his grip on North Africa by occupying Tangier in 951.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512694#China", "title": "951", "revid": 1341512694, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 958, "year_label": "958 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Fatimid general Abu al-Hasan Jawhar ibn Abd Allah takes Ifgan, the capital of the rebellious Kharijite Banu Ya'la tribe. In the following two years, Jawhar conquers most of the north of modern-day Morocco and Algeria. In particular, he conquers the cities of Tangier, Sijilmasa and Tlemcen.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468198#Africa", "title": "958", "revid": 1364468198, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 1080, "year_label": "1080 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Almoravid emir, Yusuf ibn Tashfin, conquers Tangier, Badis and Hunayn.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363303187#Africa", "title": "1080", "revid": 1363303187, "section": "Events › By place › Africa"}}, {"year": 1437, "year_label": "1437 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 20", "text": "September 20 – Led by Prince Henry the Navigator, a poorly-prepared Portuguese attempt to conquer the city of Tangier in the Marinid Sultanate in Morocco begins. Although the Portuguese have more than 6,000 troops, they reach the walled city and find that their scaling ladders are too short to reach the top, and their artillery is too weak to damage the walls.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358546204#July–September", "title": "1437", "revid": 1358546204, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1471, "year_label": "1471 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 29", "text": "August 29 – The Portuguese occupy Tangier, after its population flees the city.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370196979#July–September", "title": "1471", "revid": 1370196979, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1662, "year_label": "1662 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 21", "text": "May 21 – (May 31 N.S.); Princess Catherine of Braganza, daughter of King João IV of Portugal, marries Charles II of England. As part of the dowry, Portugal cedes Bombay in India, and Tangier in Morocco, to England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365988036#April–June", "title": "1662", "revid": 1365988036, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1680, "year_label": "1680 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 15", "text": "September 15 – A four month truce between England and Morocco expires and the Alcaid Omar, Viceroy of Morocco, begins a bombardment of the English fort at Tangier.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365997201#July–September", "title": "1680", "revid": 1365997201, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1684, "year_label": "1684 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 7", "text": "February 7 – Morocco retakes control of the city of Tangier from England, which had controlled the North African port since 1661. During the five months prior to evacuation of the English from the city, the Governor, Lord Dartmouth had ordered the destruction of the wall around the city, its fortifications and port facilities that had been built by the English during the occupation.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366005630#January–March", "title": "1684", "revid": 1366005630, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1956, "year_label": "1956 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 29", "text": "October 29 – Tangier Protocol: The international city Tangier is reintegrated into Morocco.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022627#October", "title": "1956", "revid": 1370022627, "section": "Events › October"}}]}