After several military setbacks, Al-Mansur’s son, Moulay Zidan Abu Maali, escaped from Fez to Tlemcen where he asked for asylum and for the Ottoman support to seize power. However, Moulay Zidan didn’t get what he asked for, but he was able to seize power by himself and without the Ottoman support in 1608. Thus, he ruled Morocco without becoming an ally of the Ottomans.