Khadir Ghaïlan

Khadir Ghaïlan (generally known to English-speakers as Gayland or Guyland) was a powerful warlord in Morocco during the seventeenth century.^[1] He controlled large swathes of the region until his death in September 1672 at the hands of Moulay Ismail. During the 1660s was noted for his clashes with the Anglo-Irish garrison at Tangier. Despite gaining a success over the garrison at the Battle of Tangier (1664) he was never able to seriously threaten the port. He agreed a number of truces with the Governors of Tangier.

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• Childs, John. The Army of Charles II. Routledge, 1976.