Al Walid ben Zidan (Arabic: الوليد بن زيدان), also known as Mulay al-Walid (? – 21 February 1636) was the Sultan of Morocco from 1631 to 1636.
| Al Walid ben Zidan | |||||
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| Sultan of Morocco | |||||
| Reign | 1631 – 1636 | ||||
| Predecessor | Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II | ||||
| Successor | Mohammed esh-Sheikh es-Seghir | ||||
| Born | Unknown ? Saadi Sultanate | ||||
| Died | 21 February 1636 Saadi Sultanate | ||||
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| Dynasty | House of Saadi | ||||
| Father | Zidan Abu Maali[1] | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
He was assassinated by French renegades on February 1636.[2] Al Walid ben Zidan was succeeded by his brother Mohammed esh-Sheikh es-Seghir.
His son Mohammed al-Attaz converted to Christianity and became a Jesuit priest, under the name Balthazar of Loyola.
Notes
edit- ^ Muḥammad al-Ṣaghīr ibn Muḥammad Ifrānī (1888). Nozhet-Elhâdi : Histoire de la dynastie saadienne au Maroc (1511-1670) (in French). p. 405.
- ^ A man of three worlds: Samuel Pallache by Mercedes García-Arenal,Gerard Albert Wiegers p.116
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