| Abu al-Abbas Ahmad al-Mansur أبو العباس أحمد المنصور | |||||||||
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| al-Dahabbi Amir al-Muminin | |||||||||
 Portrait of Ahmad al-Mansur by Jules de Moutier, c. 1877, displayed at Borj Nord | |||||||||
| Sultan of Morocco | |||||||||
| Reign | 1578 – 1603 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Abd al-Malik I | ||||||||
| Successor | Civil War: Zidan al-Nasir (in Marrakesh) Abu Faris Abdallah (in Fez) | ||||||||
| Born | c. 1549 Fez, Morocco, Saadi Sultanate | ||||||||
| Died | 25 August 1603 (aged 53–54) Fez, Morocco Saadi Sultanate | ||||||||
| Burial | |||||||||
| Spouse | Lalla Mahalla bint Omar al-Marin[1] Lalla Aisha bint Abu Bakkar al-Shabani[2] | ||||||||
| Issue | Zidan al-Nasir Abu Faris Abdallah Mohammed esh-Sheikh Lalla Masouda Abdelmalik[3] Lalla Safia[4] Seyyidat-Elmolouk[5] | ||||||||
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| Arabic | أحمد المنصور بن محمد الشيخ بن محمد القائم بأمر الله الزيداني الحسني | ||||||||
| House | Saadi | ||||||||
| Father | Mohammed al-Shaykh | ||||||||
| Mother | Lalla Masuda al-Wizkitiya | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
| Signature |  | ||||||||
Ahmad al-Mansur (Arabic: أبو العباس أحمد المنصور, Ahmad Abu al-Abbas al-Mansur, also Ahmad al-Mansur al-Dahabbi (Arabic: أحمد المنصور الذهبي, lit. 'Ahmad al-Mansur the Golden'), and Ahmed al-Mansour (1549[6] – 25 August 1603[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]
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- ^ 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
- ^ Ifrānī, Muḥammad al-Ṣaghīr ibn Muḥammad (1889). Nozhet-Elhâdi: Histoire de la dynastie saadienne au Maroc (1511-1670) (in French). E. Leroux. p. 305.
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- ^ Ifrānī, Muḥammad al-Ṣaghīr ibn Muḥammad (1889). Nozhet-Elhâdi: Histoire de la dynastie saadienne au Maroc (1511-1670) (in French). E. Leroux. p. 305.
- ^ Rake, Alan (1994). 100 great Africans. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 48. ISBN 0-8108-2929-0.
- ^ Barroll, J. Leeds (October 2003). Shakespeare studies. Columbia, S.C. [etc.] University of South Carolina Press [etc.] p. 121. ISBN 0-8386-3999-2.
- ^ García-Arenal, Mercedes (2009). Ahmad al-Mansur (Makers of the Muslim World). Oneworld Publications. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-85168-610-0.
- ^ García-Arenal, Mercedes (2009). Ahmad al-Mansur (Makers of the Muslim World). Oneworld Publications. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-85168-610-0.