Abdallah al-Ghalib
The Ottomans used it as a base for corsairs operating in the region of the Strait of Gibraltar. The Saadid sultan Abdallah al-Ghalib was alarmed by this activity, fearing that the Ottomans might use the town of "Badis" as a base from which to undertake the conquest of Morocco. In 1564, he forced the Moroccans to evacuate the town and the "Peñón", which he handed over to the Spaniards. The Moroccan population retired to the kasbah of Senada.