Kammala wannan jumla: A halin yanzu, dan uwansa da aka tsige, Al-Mutawakkil, ya nemi taimako daga Portugal, wanda sarkinsa, Sebastian I, ya ji yana da mafi yawan abin da zai rasa daga karuwar tasirin Ottoman a yankin. Sebastian ya goyi bayan da'awar Al-Mutawakkil kuma a watan Yulin 1578 ya haye zuwa arewacin Maroko tare da rundunar soja, tare da sarkin da aka tsige. Duk da yake majiyoyin Maroko sun wuce gona da iri game da girman rundunarsa, babu shakka cewa yana da ban sha'awa, tare da sarkin Fotigal yana tallata kamfen dinsa ga sauran Turai a matsayin yaƙin neman zaɓe da kuma hayar dakarun sojoji da yawa. Sebastian, duk da haka, bai yi amfani da wuraren da ake da karfi na Fotigal a bakin tekun don amfanin kansa ba kuma a maimakon haka ya yanke shawarar tafiya kai tsaye zuwa cikin kasar. Sojojin Sa'adiyya, karkashin jagorancin Abd al-Malik, tare da ɗan'uwansa Ahmad (wani ɗan Muhammad al-Shaykh), sun haɗu da Fotigal a Wadi al-Makhazin kusa da Ksar al-Kebir a ranar 4 ga Agusta. A cikin yakin da ya biyo baya, wanda aka sani da
Yaƙin Wadi al-Makhazin ko Yaƙin Alcácer Quibir, Saadians sun yi nasarar cin nasara a kan Fotigal. Dukansu Sarki Sebastian da Al-Mutawakkil an kashe su a yaƙin, yayin da a gefen Maroko Abd al-Malik ya mutu a lokacin yaƙin a cikin yanayin da ba a sani ba <unk> ko dai a cikin yaƙi ko kuma, ta wasu asusun, wanda wani jami'in Turkawa ya guba don tabbatar da cikakken ikon Ottoman na Maroko a bayan haka. Sakamakon kasancewar da mutuwar waɗannan ukun, an kuma san yaƙin 1578 da "Yaƙin Sarakuna Uku".