Ahmad al-Mansur
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Ahmad al-Mansur, also known as al-Dhahabī was the Saadi Sultan of Morocco from 1578 to his death in 1603, the sixth and most famous of all rulers of the Saadis. Ahmad al-Mansur was an important figure
Recognition of the corpse of King Sebastian of Portugal before the Sultan of Morocco Ahmad al-Mansur, painting by Caetano Moreira de Costa Lima, 1886, oil in canvas
In 1600 Ahmad al-Mansur sent his Secretary Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud (pictured) as ambassador of Morocco to the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England to negotiate an alliance against Spain.
El Badi Palace in Marrakesh, begun by al-Mansur in 1578
Mausoleum chamber of Ahmad al-Mansur in the Saadian Tombs
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Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land
Ahmad al-Mansur
…Abū l-ʿAbbās Aḥmad al-Manṣūr biʾllāh; 1549 – 25 August 1603), also known as al-Dhahabī (Arabic: الذهبي, lit. 'the Golden') was the Saadi Sultan of Morocco from 1578 to his death in 1603, the sixth and most famous of all rulers of the Saadis. Ahmad al-Mansur was an important figure in both Europe and Africa…
Roman ruins of the city of Volubilis, which once served as the capital of Mauretania and the Idrisids
Idrisid coin in Fes, 840
al-Qarawiyyin, founded in Fes in the 9th century, was a major spiritual, literary, and intellectual centre.