Cession of Larache

The acquisition of Larache by the Hispanic Monarchy had been an important—obsessive—target of the foreign policy of the reign of Philip II.

The place was promised by Mohammed esh Sheikh el Mamun in exchange for the Spanish support in the internal struggles of the Saadi sultanate against his brother Zidan Abu Maali.

[3] Juan de Mendoza y Velasco, Marquis of San Germán, had himself led another unsuccessful attempt in the past.

[4] The Marquis of San Germán, who brought a contingent of troops of about 3,000 infantrymen in the galleys of Pedro de Toledo,[4] took possession of the port on 20 November 1610,[6] meeting no hostilities .

[4] Larache would remain under Spanish control until 1689,[7] when it was seized by the troops of the Alaouite sultan Ismail Ibn Sharif.