| Al-Rashid of Morocco الرَّشيدُ بْن الشَّرِيفِ | |||||
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 Engraving by Nicolas de Larmessin, c. 1670 | |||||
| Sultan of Morocco | |||||
| Reign | 1666 – 1672 | ||||
| Predecessor | Mohammed al-Hajj al-Dila'i (Dilaite interlude) | ||||
| Successor | Moulay Ismail | ||||
| Sultan of Tafilalet | |||||
| Reign | 1664 – 1666 | ||||
| Predecessor | Sidi Mohammed | ||||
| Born | c. 1631 Tafilalt, Morocco | ||||
| Died | 9 April 1672 (aged 41) Marrakesh, Morocco | ||||
| Burial | |||||
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| House | Alaouite dynasty | ||||
| Father | Moulay Sharif ibn Ali | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Moulay Al-Rashid ibn Sharif (Arabic: مولاي الرشيد بن شريف), known as Moulay Al-Rashid or Moulay Rachid (also spelt Mulay, Mulai or Mawlay; b. 1631 – d. 9 April 1672) (Arabic: مولاي الرشيد), sometimes called Tafiletta by the English,[1] was Sultan of Morocco from 1666 to 1672.[1] He was the son of the founder of the 'Alawi dynasty, Moulay Sharif, who took power in the Tafilalt region in 1631.[2]
In 1635, Moulay Rashid's half-brother Sidi Mohammed succeeded their still-living father. During his reign, Sidi Mohammed brought Tafilalt, the Draa River valley, Oujda and the Eastern Sahara region under 'Alawi rule. However, due to internal feuding, war broke out between the brothers, and Sidi Mohammed was killed on the battlefield on 2 August 1664.
Moulay Rashid succeeded his brother as Sultan of Tafilalt, and went on to conquer Taza and assert power in Sijilmasa. He subjugated the northern coastal areas of Morocco, ending the rule of the Dilaites. In 1669, he captured Marrakesh, and thereafter occupied the Sous and the Anti-Atlas, solidifying his control as the first 'Alawi sultan of Morocco.[3]
- ^ a b Williams, Gerhild Scholz (2014-04-10). Mediating Culture in the Seventeenth-Century German Novel: Eberhard Werner Happel, 1647–1690. University of Michigan Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-472-11924-0.
- ^ Messier, Ronald A.; Miller, James A. (2015-06-15). The Last Civilized Place: Sijilmasa and Its Saharan Destiny. University of Texas Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-292-76665-5.
- ^ Messier, Ronald A.; Miller, James A. (2015-06-15). The Last Civilized Place: Sijilmasa and Its Saharan Destiny. University of Texas Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-292-76665-5.