The '''Capture of Fez''' occurred in 1576 at the [[Saadi Sultanate|Moroccan]] city of [[Fez, Morocco|Fez]], when an [[Ottoman Algeria|Ottoman]] force from [[Algiers]] supported the Moroccan prince [[Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi|Abd al-Malik]] in gaining the throne of [[MoroccoSaadi Sultanate]] against his nephew and rival claimant [[Abu Abdallah Mohammed II Saadi|Mulay Muhammed al-Mutawakkil]].<ref name="Edelman">''The Stukeley plays: The Battle of Alcazar by George Peele'' Charles Edelman p.13 [https://books.google.com/books?id=y_8F-FS58CAC&pg=PA13]</ref><ref name="CambridgeA">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/cambridgehistory05fage|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/cambridgehistory05fage/page/408 408]|title=The Cambridge History of Africa|last1=Fage|first1=J. D.|last2=Oliver|first2=Roland|last3=Oliver|first3=Roland Anthony|date=1975-01-01|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521209816|language=en}}</ref>
