Saadian Dynasty - Ahmad Al-Mansur, Saadi Dynasty, Abu Abdallah Mohammed II Saadi, Abu Marwan Abd Al-Malik I Saadi, Abderrahman El Majdoub (Paperback)

Chapters: Ahmad Al-Mansur, Saadi Dynasty, Abu Abdallah Mohammed Ii Saadi, Abu Marwan Abd Al-Malik I Saadi, Abderrahman El Majdoub, Abdallah Al-Ghalib, Mohammed Ash-Sheikh, Abu Abdallah Al-Qaim, Zidan Abu Maali, Shrob ou Shouf Fountain, Abd Al-Aziz Al-Fishtali, Mohammed Esh Sheikh El Mamun, Mohammed Esh Sheikh Es Seghir, Ahmad Al-Araj, Abou Fares Abdallah. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 47. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ahmad I al-Mansur (Arabic: , also El-Mansour Eddahbi, Arabic: and Ahmed el-Mansour) (1549 in Fes - 25 August 1603, outskirts of Fes) was Sultan of the Saadi dynasty from 1578 to his death in 1603, the sixth and most famous of all rulers of the Saadis. He was the third son of Mohammed ash-Sheikh who became sultan of Morocco. Ahmad al-Mansur was an important figure in both Europe and Africa in the sixteenth century, his powerful army and strategic location made him an important power player in the late renaissance period. In 1600 Ahmad al-Mansur sent his Secretary Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud (here depicted) as ambassador of the Barbary States to the Court of Queen Elizabeth I of England to negotiate an alliance against Spain. In 1578, Ahmad's brother, Sultan Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi, died in battle against the Portuguese army at the Ksar el Kebir. Ahmad was named his brother's successor and began his reign amid newly-won prestige and wealth from the ransom of Portuguese captives. Al-Mansur began his reign by leveraging his dominant position with the vanquished Portuguese during prisoner ransom talks, the collection of which filled the Moroccan royal coffers. Shortly after, he began construction on the great architectural symbol of this new birth of Moroccan power and relevance; the grand palace in Marrakesh called Al Badi, or "the marvelous." Eventually ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2456201