The Battle of Alcácer Quibir, (also known as "Battle of Three Kings" or "Battle of Wadi al-Makhazin"), fought near Ksar-el-Kebir and Larache on August 4, 1578, resulted in a Moroccan victory, marking the end of Portuguese attempts to reclaim lost territories.

It's considered the greatest military disaster in Portuguese overseas expansion. The combatants were the army of deposed Moroccan Sultan Abu Abdallah Mohammed II, allied with King Sebastian I of Portugal, against a large Moroccan army led by the new Sultan Abd Al-Malik I.

Sebastian I had planned a crusade after Abu Abdallah's request to reclaim his throne, taken by Abd Al-Malik with Ottoman support. The defeat led to the end of the Aviz dynasty and Portugal's integration into the Iberian Union with Spain for 60 years under the Philippine Dynasty.

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