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English Tangier was the period in Moroccan history in which the city of Tangier was occupied by England as part of its colonial empire from 1661 to 1684. Tangier had been under Portuguese control before Charles II of England acquired the city as part of the dowry when he married the Portuguese infanta Catherine.
'Tangier - The Earliest Battle Honour'. Historical accuracy is assured by gleaning descriptions of day-to-day life, military actions and the activities of the dramatis personae from contemporary C17th records.
Tangier (/ tænˈdʒɪər / tan-JEER; Arabic: طنجة, romanized:Ṭanjah, [tˤandʒa], [tˤanʒa]) or Tangiers is a city in northwestern Morocco, on the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The city is the capital of the Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region, as well as the Tangier-Assilah Prefecture of Morocco.
acquisition of Tangier constitutes an attempt to upgrade English prestige by claiming a place in the Mediterranean, a central zone of Old World power and empire and, at that point, still the most important sphere of English overseas trade.
Sep 14, 2015 · Tangier remained in English hands only until 1683-84 when the garrison slighted the walls, blew up the harbour mole, and sailed away, leaving a much reduced Tanja to Moulay Ismail’s army, and a long sleep.
Oct 25, 2018 · What made English Tangier unique? Why did it fail, and how did the experience shape Moroccan-English relations in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries? This episode is cross-listed with tajine, our series on the history and society of North Africa.
In recent years interest in English Tangier has been revived among historians, who have come to see it as the early makings of the British Empire. Yet many primary and secondary sources get even the most basic details of Tangier's location, geography and culture wrong.
