Ahmad al-Abbas

Ahmad al-Abbas
Sultan of Morocco
Reign1653 – 1659
PredecessorMohammed esh-Sheikh es-Seghir
SuccessorMohammed al-Hajj al-Dila'i (Dilaite interlude)
BornUnknown ?
Morocco (Saadi dynasty)
Diedc. 1659
Saadi Sultanate
Burialc. 1659
IssueLalla Ruqyah
Names
Ahmad al-Abbas bin Mohammed esh-Sheikh es-Seghir
HouseSaadi Dynasty
FatherMohammed esh-Sheikh es-Seghir
ReligionSunni Islam

Ahmad al-Abbas (Arabic: أحمد العباس) (? – 1659) was the last Sultan of the Saadi dynasty of Morocco. He was proclaimed Sultan in Marrakesh in the year H.1064 (CE November 22, 1653 - November 11, 1654)[1] after the death of his father, Mohammed esh-Sheikh es-Seghir. In 1659, he was assassinated by his maternal uncle, Abdul Karim Abu Bakr Al-Shabani.[2][3] His uncle assumed power as Sultan in Marrakesh until 1667 when he was in turn murdered, it happened shortly before the Alaouite Sultan Moulay Al-Rashid of the current ruling Dynasty conquered the city in 1668.[4][5]: 230 

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