Slimane of Morocco

Sulayman bin Mohammed
سليمان بن محمد
A portrait of Slimane
Sultan of Morocco
Reign1792–1822
Predecessoral-Yazid bin Mohammed
SuccessorAbd al-Rahman bin Hisham
Born28 June 1766
Tafilalt, Morocco
Died28 November 1822 (aged 56)
Marrakesh, Morocco
ConsortAisha bint Sheikh Reid of Sirte[1]
HouseHouse of 'Alawi
سُلَاَلَةُ الْعَلَوِيِّينَ الْفِيلَالِيِّينَ
FatherMohammed bin Abdallah
ReligionSunni Islam (Wahhabism)

Mawlay Sulayman bin Mohammed (Arabic: سليمان بن محمد), born on 28 June 1766 in Tafilalt and died on 28 November 1822 in Marrakesh, was a Sultan of Morocco from 1792 to 1822, as a ruler of the 'Alawi dynasty. He was proclaimed sultan after the death of his half-brother al-Yazid.[2] Sulayman continued his father's centralization and expansion of the kingdom, and most notably ended the piracy that had long operated from Morocco's coast. As part of Morocco's long running conflict with Spain and Portugal, Sulayman halted all trade with Europe. However, he continued his father's policies of close relations with the United States. He was also a follower of Wahhabism.[3]

  1. ^ Bulletin de la société orientale de France (1857). Revue de l'Orient, Volume 3; Volumes 5-6. pp. 446–447.
  2. ^ El Mansour 1990, p. 75.
  3. ^ Bulletin de la société orientale de France (1857). Revue de l'Orient, Volume 3; Volumes 5-6. pp. 446–447.