Al Walid ben Zidan (), also known as Mulay al-Walid (? – 21 February 1636) was the 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 A ...
from 1631 to 1636.
He was assassinated by French renegades on February 1636.
''A man of three worlds: Samuel Pallache'' by Mercedes García-Arenal,Gerard Albert Wiegers p.116
/ref> Al Walid ben Zidan was succeeded by his brother Mohammed esh-Sheikh es-Seghir
Mohammed esh Sheikh es Seghir () (? – 30 January 1655) was the sultan of Morocco from (1636 – 1655) under the Saadi dynasty.
Life
His father was Zidan al-Nasir (r. 1603–1627), he was the son of a Spanish mother and he had two Spanish ...
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1636 deaths
Sultans of Morocco
Saadi dynasty
People from Marrakesh
17th-century Moroccan people
17th-century monarchs in Africa
Year of birth unknown
Assassinated Moroccan monarchs
17th-century Arabs
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