Yazid_of_Morocco

Yazid of Morocco

Yazid of Morocco

Sultan of Morocco

Mawlay al-Yazid bin Mohammed (Arabic: الْيَزِيدُ بْن مُحَمَّدٍ), born on 6 May 1750 in Fes and died on 23 February 1792 near Zagora, was a Sultan of Morocco from 1790 to 1792, a ruler of the 'Alawi dynasty.[1] He was proclaimed sultan after the death of his father Mohammed bin Abdallah.

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Reign

Mawlay al-Yazid was born in Fes in 1750. al-Yazid's first order of business was persecuting the Jews of the city of Tétouan.[2][3] In deference to Yazid's father, Sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah, the Jews of Tétouan denied financial support to Yazid and his effort to overthrow his father.[4] Observers remarked that Yazid authorized his black troops to plunder Tétouan's Jewish quarter.[5] For two years, the country was thrown into turmoil. Mawlay al-Yazid attempted to undo the innovations instituted by his father, dismantling much of his father's system.[6]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Morocco Alaoui dynasty". Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.
  2. [2]
    Norman A. Stillman, The Jews of Arab Lands: A History and Source Book (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1979), 308-309
  3. [3]
    William Lempriere, A Tour from Gibraltar to Tangier, Sallee, Mogodore, Santa Cruz, Tarudant..., 2nd ed. (London: J. Walter, 1793), 464
  4. [4]
    Lucien Gubbay and Abraham Levy, The Sephardim: Their Glorious Tradition from the Babylonian Exile to the Present Day (London: Carnell, 1992), 146
  5. [5]
    Lempriere, A Tour, 464
  6. [6]
    R., Pennell, C. (2013). Morocco : From Empire to Independence. Oneworld Publications. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-78074-455-1. OCLC 891448295.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Preceded by Sultan of Morocco
1790–1792		 Succeeded by


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