When Moroccan Sultan Ahmed Al-Mansour Planned to Conquer the Americas
Author: Yassine Ben DrissPublished on: October 15, 2025Country: Morocco
World / InternationalHistory

In the late 16th century, Moroccan Sultan Ahmed Al-Mansour, from the Saadi dynasty, envisioned an alliance with Protestant England to challenge Catholic Spain and establish Moroccan colonies in the Americas, including South America and Southeast Asia, in an audacious scheme that could have reshaped the global geopolitical map.
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