morocco

The Narsid Dynasty of the Emirate of Granada is probably the most well known for being the last Muslim dynasty on the Iberian Peninsula during the Reconquista. After surviving for centuries, they finally were conquered in 1492 by Castille and Aragon under the Catholic Monarchs, Isabella I and...

I've decided to make this thread for now, as it'll house the thread for a timeline I'm working on at the moment. Research and planning is wrapping up, and I write very quickly (even if often with difficulties motivation), so its first post should arrive not long after the research has finished...

Heya! I've been trying to find a way for the Moors to set up their own state after the collapse of Granada in 1492, when they effectively lost statehood. IOTL, I've found two attempts at the establishment of a Morisco/Mudéjar state: The Morisco Revolt from 1568-71. The Moors rallied after...

The Saadian Dynasty was one of the most influential dynasties in Moroccan history. They claimed to be of Sharifian descent, meaning they were descendants of the Prophet Muhammad, and started their rule in a South of Morocco, in a city called Tagmadert. The Wattasids were in decline, and the...

Suppose Sebastian conquers Morocco and it is slowly integrated into Portugal, with a Luso-Arabic language being the lingua franca. Would this alternate Morocco (or at least parts of it) be looked at like another part of Europe?

The second ruler of the Alaouite dynasty, Moulay Ismail Ibn Sharif was one of the most powerful rulers Morocco had in the 17th and 18th centuries, stabilizing its internal affairs after the decades of turmoil that followed the demise of the Saadi dynasty. He then launched several campaigns...

Just as the title and the poll say, which would be easier to hold, Portuguese Galicia/Andalusia or Portuguese Morocco? What would be the effects?

France doesn't undergo the demographic collapse that occurred OTL throughout the 18th and early 19th century and as a result some of these extra people go on to settle and colonise North Africa. Furthermore, because France would have a far higher population proportional to the natives they are...

What if the French failed to conquer Morocco and establish a protectorate there? What would be the consequences on the Maghreb and the Islamic world in general? Morocco was slowly modernizing from 1873, and was experiencing a succession crisis in the beginning of the 1900s. Map of Morocco in...

The founder of the movement that eventually led to the creation of the Almohad Caliphate, Ibn Tumart, was a puritan Muslim scholar who got into all sorts of trouble during his life. According to Wikipedia: What if he drowned or was left behind by the sailors, years before he launched his...

The Battle of Río Salado put a decisive stop to the Marinids' attempt to expand into the Iberian Peninsula. They were laying siege to Tarifa at the time, and almost took it by assault 20 days before the battle, so a decent POD for the Marinids to win could be having them capture Tarifa and thus...

Morroco and West Africa are the western edge of today's muslim world (given who founded the settler colonies in america I don't think anyone is surprised.) However, prior to Islam spreading under the arabic conquests, the region was a mix of christianity from rome and native paganism. Your...

What if Morocco discovered America before the Spanish? Let's keep this discussion realistic, with real reasons to make Morocco sail west (hostile islamic powers, bad trade relations etc.) and the consequences on the world and islam. Would Morocco convert the locals to islam, or would it use them...

The Republic of Salé was a short-lived corsair republic, consisting of the cities of Salé, Rabat, and a region called the Casbah. It was independent of Morocco between the years 1624-1668. With a POD of 1630, keep this pirate utopia independent.

For paraphrasing a known quote: 'a bad plan that'd have a bad execution would be bound to yield much worst results'... So, what if the bad planned and worse executed Prussian attempt to gunboat diplomacy against the Moroccans Riffians Berbers at the so called Battle of Tres Forcas would have a...

Could the Ottoman Empire conquer Morocco during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, assuming he has fewer enemies to deal with in other fronts (say Vienna is taken and sacked in 1529), and if so, can the empire control it for a long period of time? What would a Morocco Eyalet look like? Could...

I’ve been thinking lately at the idea of Moroccan colony in the new world and how make it possibles i think multiple PoDs are needed a strong empire unifying the Sahel creating a monopoly and with enough military force to dissuade Morocco to trie to conquer and hold it . While give incentive...

Modern Portugal traces its roots to the successful independence war waged by Afonso I, who broke free from the Kingdom of Leon in 1129. But I wonder, how could Afonso I lose this war, and what would come of it? I imagine Portugal would be in a tense situation since the Leonese themselves were a...

I must admit that I'm not very knowledgeable regarding modern Moroccan history, but I was always intrigued by Hassan II and the Years of Lead and the figures behind the two major and bloody coup attempts in 1971 and the somewhat infamous aviator's coup in 1972, both were in the end unsuccessful...

I recently remembered reading about how Morocco and the US have had very good relations dating back from the founding of the country or shortly after it, and had a very weird and random idea pop into my head. Moving aside the likely improbaility of it, what might the response be in the US or...