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Al Walid ben Zidan

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Al Walid ben Zidan
Sultan of Morocco
Reign1631 – 1636
PredecessorAbu Marwan Abd al-Malik II
SuccessorMohammed esh-Sheikh es-Seghir
BornUnknown ?
Saadi Sultanate
Died21 February 1636
Saadi Sultanate
Names
Al Walid bin Zidan Abu Maali
DynastyHouse of Saadi
FatherZidan Abu Maali[1]
ReligionSunni Islam

Al Walid ben Zidan (Arabic: الوليد بن زيدان), also known as Mulay al-Walid (? – 21 February 1636) was the Sultan of Morocco from 1631 to 1636.

He was assassinated by French renegades on February 1636.[2] Al Walid ben Zidan was succeeded by his brother Mohammed esh-Sheikh es-Seghir.

His son Mohammed al-Attaz converted to Christianity and became a Jesuit priest, under the name Balthazar of Loyola.

Notes

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  1. ^ Muḥammad al-Ṣaghīr ibn Muḥammad Ifrānī (1888). Nozhet-Elhâdi : Histoire de la dynastie saadienne au Maroc (1511-1670) (in French). p. 405.
  2. ^ A man of three worlds: Samuel Pallache by Mercedes García-Arenal,Gerard Albert Wiegers p.116
Preceded by Sultan of Morocco
1631–1636
Succeeded by