Abu Bakr Ibn Abi Zaid as-Slawi () was the

pasha Pasha, Pacha or Paşa ( ota, پاشا; tr, paşa; sq, Pashë; ar, باشا), in older works sometimes anglicized as bashaw, was a higher rank in the Ottoman political and military system, typically granted to governors, generals, dignitar ...

, or ''

qaid Qaid ( ar , قائد ', "commander"; pl. '), also spelled kaid or caïd, is a word meaning "commander" or "leader." It was a title in the Norman kingdom of Sicily, applied to palatine officials and members of the ''curia'', usually to those ...

'', of Casablanca,

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and the representative of the

Makhzen Makhzen (Arabic: , Berber: ''Lmexzen'') is the governing institution in Morocco and in pre-1957 Tunisia, centered on the monarch and consisting of royal notables, top-ranking military personnel, landowners, security service bosses, civil servants ...

in the city at the time of the French bombardment and invasion of the city August 5-7, 1907.

Biography

He was originally from

Salé Salé ( ar, سلا, salā, ; ber, ⵙⵍⴰ, sla) is a city in northwestern Morocco, on the right bank of the Bou Regreg river, opposite the national capital Rabat, for which it serves as a commuter town. Founded in about 1030 by the Banu Ifran, ...

, Morocco. He was captured and detained aboard a French ship. French authorities transferred him to Algiers, which was under French control at the time.

Muhammad Torres Muhammad ibn al-'Arabi at-Torres (; approximately 1820 - September 13, 1908) was a diplomat, representative of the sultan in Tangier, and foreign minister of Morocco at the turn of the 20th century. He was present at the 1906 Algeciras Conferenc ...

negotiated with the French authorities for his release. He returned to Salé and lived as a Sufi mystic at a shrine there until his death. He was interred in Salé.

References

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