Ahmad al-Mansur

Abu al-Abbas Ahmad al-Mansur
أبو العباس أحمد المنصور
Amir al-Muminin
Illustration of Ahmad al-Mansur by André Thevet, c. 1584
Sultan of Morocco
Reign1578 – 1603
PredecessorAbd al-Malik I
SuccessorCivil War:
Zidan al-Nasir
(in Marrakesh)

Abu Faris Abdallah
(in Fes)
Bornc. 1549
Fes, Morocco
Saadi Sultanate
Died25 August 1603
(aged 53–54)
Fes, Morocco
Saadi Sultanate
Burial
SpouseLalla Mahalla bint Omar al-Marin[1]
Lalla Aisha bint Abu Bakkar al-Shabani[2]
IssueZidan al-Nasir
Abu Faris Abdallah
Mohammed esh-Sheikh
Lalla Masouda
Abdelmalik[3]
Lalla Safia[4]
Seyyidat-Elmolouk[5]
Names
Ahmed al-Mansour bin Muhammad al-Sheikh bin Muhammad al-Qaim bi-Amr Allah al-Zaydani al-Hasani
Era dates
(16th17th Centuries)
Arabicأحمد المنصور بن محمد الشيخ بن محمد القائم بأمر الله الزيداني الحسني
HouseSaadi Dynasty
FatherMohammed al-Shaykh
MotherLalla Masuda al-Wizkitiya
ReligionSunni Islam
Signature

Ahmad al-Mansur (Arabic: أبو العباس أحمد المنصور, Ahmad Abu al-Abbas al-Mansur, also al-Mansur al-Dahabbi (the Golden), Arabic: أحمد المنصور الذهبي; and Ahmed al-Mansour; 1549 in Fes[6] – 25 August 1603, Fes[7][8]) was the Saadi Sultan of Morocco from 1578 to his death in 1603, the sixth and most famous of all rulers of the Saadis. Ahmad al-Mansur was an important figure in both Europe and Africa in the sixteenth century. His powerful army and strategic location made him an important power player in the late Renaissance period. He has been described as "a man of profound Islamic learning, a lover of books, calligraphy and mathematics, as well as a connoisseur of mystical texts and a lover of scholarly discussions."[9]

  1. ^ Deverdun, Gaston (1956). Inscriptions arabes de Marrakech (in French). Éditions techniques nord-africaines. p. 88.
  2. ^ Les sources inédites de l'histoire du Maroc: Dynastie saadienne, 1530-1660. 1e série (in French). E. Leroux. 1933. p. 579. Moulay Ahmed el-Mansour had married ... Aicha bent Abou Baker ..., often called by Arab chroniclers because of her origin Lalla Chebania
  3. ^ Ifrānī, Muḥammad al-Ṣaghīr ibn Muḥammad (1889). Nozhet-Elhâdi: Histoire de la dynastie saadienne au Maroc (1511-1670) (in French). E. Leroux. p. 305.
  4. ^ Henry de Castries (1911). Agents et voyageurs français au Maroc, 1530-1660 / Cte Henry de Castries (in French). pp. XVIII.
  5. ^ Ifrānī, Muḥammad al-Ṣaghīr ibn Muḥammad (1889). Nozhet-Elhâdi: Histoire de la dynastie saadienne au Maroc (1511-1670) (in French). E. Leroux. p. 305.
  6. ^ Rake, Alan (1994). 100 great Africans. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 48. ISBN 0-8108-2929-0.
  7. ^ Barroll, J. Leeds (October 2003). Shakespeare studies. Columbia, S.C. [etc.] University of South Carolina Press [etc.] p. 121. ISBN 0-8386-3999-2.
  8. ^ García-Arenal, Mercedes (2009). Ahmad al-Mansur (Makers of the Muslim World). Oneworld Publications. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-85168-610-0.
  9. ^ García-Arenal, Mercedes (2009). Ahmad al-Mansur (Makers of the Muslim World). Oneworld Publications. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-85168-610-0.

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