Ahmed al-Araj ( 1517 – 1544) (b. 1486
– d. 1557)
was a ruler of the
Saadi Dynasty
The Saadi Sultanate (also rendered in English as Sa'di, Sa'did, Sa'dian, or Saadian; ar, السعديون, translit=as-saʿdiyyūn) was a state which ruled present-day Morocco and parts of West Africa in the 16th and 17th centuries. It was l ...
, he became Emir of
Marrakesh
Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakes ...
when he conquered the city in 1524.
Some sources refer to him as Sultan of Marrakesh.
Ahmed was a son of
Abu Abdallah al-Qaim bi Amrillah and brother of his successor Mawlay
Mohammed ash-Sheikh
''Mawlay'' Mohammed al-Shaykh al-Sharif al-Hassani ( ar, محمد الشيخ الشريف الحسني) known as Mohammed al-Shaykh ( ar, محمد الشيخ) (b. 1490 – d. 23 October 1557) was the first sultan of the Saadian dynasty of Morocc ...
ash Sharif al-Hassani al-Drawi at-Tagmadert, the first Saadi sultan of
Morocco
Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...
.
References
1486 births
1557 deaths
15th-century Arabs
16th-century Arabs
Saadi dynasty
16th-century Moroccan people
16th-century monarchs in Africa
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