Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Sekureva kwa al-Ifrani, kuvakwa kwemuzinda kwakatanga muna Zvita 1578 (Shawwal 986 AH), mwedzi mishoma chete mushure mekukunda kweSaadian paHondo yeMadzimambo Matatu
uye Ahmad's accession to power, uye yakatora makore gumi nemashanu, ichipera muna 1593 (1002 AH). Zvisinei, wezvenhau wechiFrench Gaston Deverdun, anotaura kuti "purogiramu yechiPutukezi" ya1585 (gwaro rine mifananidzo rinopa mashoko anokosha pamusoro pokurongwa kwekasbah yeMarrakech panguva iyoyo) rinotiratidza muzinda wakanyatsopedzwa, nepo panguva imwe cheteyo panewo zvinyorwa zvaAhmad al-Mansur achitenga machena okuvaka kusvikira muna 1602, gore asati afa. Izvi zvinoratidza kuti zvivako zvikuru zveimba yamambo zvingave zvakapedzwa mukutanga kwema1580 asi kuti al-Mansur akaramba achishongedza imba yamambo kusvikira afa.