Mohammed esh-Sheikh es-Seghir
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| Mohammed esh-Sheikh es-Seghir | |||||
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 Mohammed esh Sheikh es Seghir, by Adriaen Matham, 1640 | |||||
| Sultan of Morocco | |||||
| Reign | 1636 – 1655 | ||||
| Predecessor | Al Walid ben Zidan | ||||
| Successor | Ahmad al-Abbas | ||||
| Born | Unknown | ||||
| Died | 30 January 1655 | ||||
| Burial | |||||
| Issue | Ahmad al-Abbas | ||||
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| Dynasty | Saadi | ||||
| Father | Zidan al-Nasir | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
Mohammed esh Sheikh es Seghir (Arabic: محمد الشيخ الأصغر السعدي)(? – 30 January 1655) was the sultan of Morocco from 1636 to 1655.
Life[]
He was a son of sultan Zidan al-Nasir (r. 1603–1627). His mother was a Spanish slave and he had two Spanish wives, which may have led to him to continue the long-time services of royal advisor Moses Pallache, nephew of Samuel Pallache of the Pallache family.[1]
His portrait can be found in an engraving of Marrakesh by Adriaen Matham in 1640, made on the occasion of a visit by the ambassador of the Netherlands to the sultan.
Mohammed esh-Sheikh es-Seghir tried to concentrate the entire Moroccan foreign trade in Safi at the hands of the English, and to obtain warships from their king to prevent all trade with the south, but the Sultan was afraid of breaking relations with the Dutch and the French.[2] In 1638, the Sultan sent his ambassador to England, who was carrying a letter to hasten King Charles I of England to send the required weapons and ammunition to Morocco and to suppress the English merchants who were selling weapons to the rebels, and that was based on the treaty concluded between the two countries on September 20, 1637, which stipulates that no relationship should be established between the Kingdom of England and the Sultan's enemies in Santa Cruz, but English merchants continued to smuggle weapons into the desert.[3][4]
See also[]
- Al Walid ben Zidan
- Saadi dynasty
- Saadian Tombs
- Pallache family
- Samuel Pallache
References[]
- ^ García-Arenal, Mercedes; Wiegers, Gerard (2007). A Man of Three Worlds: Samuel Pallache, a Moroccan Jew in Catholic and Protestant Europe. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 117.
- ^ دوكاستر - س.أ. - السعديون م. 3 ص 358 (1935)
- ^ وثائق دوكاستر، س أ السعديون م 3 ص 523، 530 عام 1935.
- ^ السفراء والقناصلة بتطوان Archived 2016-03-07 at the Wayback Machine
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