Mohammed al-Hajj ibn Mohammed al-Dila'i

Mohammed al-Hajj al-Dila'i
Sultan of Morocco
Reign1659–1662
PredecessorAhmad al-Abbas (Saadi dynasty)
SuccessorMoulay Rachid (Alaouite dynasty)
BornUnknown
Died1662
Names
Mohammed al-Hajj bin Mohammed bin Abu Bakr al-Dila'i
HouseDilaite
FatherSidi Mohammed al-Dila'i[1]
ReligionSunni Islam

Mohammed al-Hajj ibn Mohammed ibn Abu Bakr al-Dila'i[2] (Arabic: محمد الحاج الدلائي; died 1662)[3] was the head of the Zaouia of Dila[4] and conquered Meknes and Fez in 1641.[2] He was proclaimed Sultan of Morocco in 1659, after the murder of the last Saadi Sultan Ahmad al-Abbas.[5]

  1. ^ Muḥammad al-Ṣaghīr ibn Muḥammad Ifrānī (1888). Nozhet-Elhâdi : Histoire de la dynastie saadienne au Maroc (1511-1670) (in French). p. 464.
  2. ^ a b Muḥammad al-Ṣaghīr ibn Muḥammad Ifrānī (1888). Nozhet-Elhâdi : Histoire de la dynastie saadienne au Maroc (1511-1670) (in French). pp. 467–468.
  3. ^ O. Houdas, Abū al-Qāsim ibn Aḥmad al-Zayyānī (1886). Le Maroc de 1631 à 1812 / de Aboulqâsem ben Ahmed Ezziâni (in French). Paris, Ernest Leroux. p. 13.
  4. ^ E. George H. Joffé, North Africa: nation, state, and region, Routledge 1993, p. 19
  5. ^ Michaël Peyron, « Dila‘ », in: Gabriel Camps (dir.), Encyclopédie berbère - Chp. XV. Édisud 1995, pp.2340-2345 (ISBN 2-85744-808-2)