Abu'l Abbas Ahmad of Morocco

Mulay Ahmed Dehbi (Arabic: أحمد الذهبي بن إسماعيل) (also spelt Moulay Ahmad ad Dahabi), known fully as 'Abul Abbas Mulay Ahmad ud-Dhahabi bin Ismail as-Samin (1677 – 5 March 1729), was the Sultan of Morocco in 1727–1728 and 1728–1729.[citation needed]

Moulay Ahmad Dehbi
Sultan of Morocco
Reign1727 – 1728
PredecessorIsmail Ibn Sharif
SuccessorAbdalmalik
Reign1728 – 1729
PredecessorAbdalmalik
SuccessorAbdallah
Born1677
Meknes, Morocco
Died5 March 1729
Meknes, Morocco
Burial
HouseAlaouite dynasty
FatherIsmail Ibn Sharif
MotherLalla Aisha Al Mubaraka

He was born at Meknes in 1677, as a son of Ismail Ibn Sharif. Between 1699 and 1700 he was the Khalifa of Tadla.[1][2] He ascended the throne on 22 March 1727, after his father's death.

He was deposed in 1728 by Abdalmalik of Morocco, yet he was restored briefly afterwards at Oued Beht. He was deposed once more, on the day of his death on 5 March 1729 at Meknes. He was succeeded by his half-brother Abdallah of Morocco.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Division, Great Britain Naval Intelligence (1942). Morocco. Naval Intelligence Division. p. 47.
  2. ^ Africa, Unesco International Scientific Committee for the Drafting of a General History of (1 January 1999). Africa from the Sixteenth to the Eighteenth Century. James Currey. p. 118. ISBN 9780852550953.
  3. ^ Hamel, Chouki El (27 February 2014). Black Morocco: A History of Slavery, Race, and Islam. Cambridge University Press. p. 213. ISBN 9781139620048.
Preceded by Sultan of Morocco
1727–1728
Succeeded by
Preceded by Sultan of Morocco
1728–1729
Succeeded by