Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II
Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II | |
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Sultan of Morocco | |
Reign | 1627–1631 |
Predecessor | Zidan Abu Maali |
Successor | Al Walid ben Zidan |
Born | Unknown |
Died | 10 March 1631 |
Dynasty | Saadi |
Father | Zidan Abu Maali[1] |
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A book on Abd al-Malik, written by the English diplomat John Harrison in 1633.
Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II ibn Zidan (Arabic: عبد الملك بن زيدان), also known as Abd el-Malik II (? – 10 March 1631) was the Sultan of Morocco from 1627 to 1631.
Life[]
After the expeditions of Isaac de Razilly to Morocco, he signed a Franco-Moroccan treaty with France in 1631, giving France preferential treatment, known as Capitulations: preferential tariffs, the establishment of a Consulate and freedom of religion for French subjects.[2]
The story of his life was published by the English diplomat John Harrison in 1633.[3] He was succeeded by his brother Al Walid ben Zidan.
Notes[]
- ^ Muḥammad al-Ṣaghīr ibn Muḥammad Ifrānī (1888). Nozhet-Elhâdi : Histoire de la dynastie saadienne au Maroc (1511-1670) (in French). p. 405.
- ^ France in the age of Louis XIII and Richelieu by Victor Lucien Tapié p.259
- ^ Piracy, slavery, and redemption by Daniel J. Vitkus,Nabil I. Matar p.41 Note 8
Categories:
- 1631 deaths
- Sultans of Morocco
- Saadi dynasty
- People from Marrakesh
- 17th-century Moroccan people
- 17th-century monarchs in Africa
- 17th-century Arabs
- Moroccan people stubs