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Muhammad al-Shaykh al-Wattasi
Muhammad al-Shaykh al-Wattasi was the founder of the Wattasid sultanate of Morocco. Of a family that had served the Marinids as viziers, he lost Arzila to Portugal in 1471 and captured Fez in 1472, proclaiming himself sultan. He ruled until his death in 1504, while Portugal seized several towns on the Moroccan coast.
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