Penon de Velez de la Gomera (Wattasid)

This article is about the specific polity Penon de Velez de la Gomera (Wattasid) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Penon de Velez de la Gomera is a rocky tied island, in the western Mediterranean Sea, connected to the Moroccan shore by a sandy isthmus. It was conquered by Spain in 1508. In 1522, Spain lost the Peñón to a Moroccan Berber attack that resulted in the deaths of the whole Spanish garrison. It was a Moroccan possession for thirty years until the Wattasids gave the territory to the Ottomans.

Establishment

December 1522: In 1522, Spain lost the Peñón to a Moroccan Berber attack that resulted in the deaths of the whole Spanish garrison. .

Chronology

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1. Conquests of Suleiman I (Ottoman)

Conquests and wars with Ottoman involvement during the rule of Suleiman I.

January 1555: Ali Abu Hassun, new Wattasid ruler of Morocco in 1554, then gave the Peñón to Ottoman troops who had assisted him in gaining the throne.

Disestablishment

January 1555: Ali Abu Hassun, new Wattasid ruler of Morocco in 1554, then gave the Peñón to Ottoman troops who had assisted him in gaining the throne.