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Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II

Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II

9th Ruler of Saadi Dynasty

Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II ibn Zidan (Arabic: عبد الملك بن زيدان), also known as Abd el-Malik II (? – 10 March 1631) was the Sultan of Morocco from 1627 to 1631.

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A book on Abd al-Malik, written by the English diplomat John Harrison in 1633.

Life

After the expeditions of Isaac de Razilly to Morocco, he signed a Franco-Moroccan treaty with France in 1631, giving France preferential treatment, known as Capitulations: preferential tariffs, the establishment of a Consulate and freedom of religion for French subjects.[2]

The story of his life was published by the English diplomat John Harrison in 1633.[3] He was succeeded by his brother Al Walid ben Zidan.

Notes

  1. [1]
    Muḥammad al-Ṣaghīr ibn Muḥammad Ifrānī (1888). Nozhet-Elhâdi : Histoire de la dynastie saadienne au Maroc (1511-1670) (in French). p. 405.
  2. [2]
    France in the age of Louis XIII and Richelieu by Victor Lucien Tapié p.259
  3. [3]
    Piracy, slavery, and redemption by Daniel J. Vitkus,Nabil I. Matar p.41 Note 8
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1627–1631		 Succeeded by
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