Al-Rashid of Morocco

Names
	Moulay Al-Rashid bin Moulay Sharif ibn Ali

Al-Rashid of Morocco
الرَّشيدُ بْن الشَّرِيفِ
Al-Rashid of Morocco; الرَّشيدُ بْن الشَّرِيفِ
	Engraving by Nicolas de Larmessin, c. 1670
Sultan of Morocco
Reign	1666 – 1672
Predecessor	Mohammed al-Hajj al-Dila'i (Dilaite interlude)
Successor	Moulay Ismail
Sultan of Tafilalet
Reign	1664 – 1666
Predecessor	Sidi Mohammed
Born	c. 1631; Tafilalt, Morocco
Died	9 April 1672 ; (aged 41); Marrakesh, Morocco
Burial	Mausoleum of Sidi Harazem, Fez
Names
Names
	Moulay Al-Rashid bin Moulay Sharif ibn Ali
House	Alaouite dynasty
Father	Moulay Sharif ibn Ali
Religion	Sunni Islam

Moulay Al-Rashid ibn Sharif (Arabic: مولاي الرشيد بن شريف), known as Moulay Al-Rashid or Moulay Rachid (also spelt Mulay, Mulai or Mawlay; b. 1631 – d. 9 April 1672) (Arabic: مولاي الرشيد), sometimes called Tafiletta by the English,^[1] was Sultan of Morocco from 1666 to 1672.^[1] He was the son of the founder of the 'Alawi dynasty, Moulay Sharif, who took power in the Tafilalt region in 1631.^[2]

In 1635, Moulay Rashid's half-brother Sidi Mohammed succeeded their still-living father. During his reign, Sidi Mohammed brought Tafilalt, the Draa River valley, Oujda and the Eastern Sahara region under 'Alawi rule. However, due to internal feuding, war broke out between the brothers, and Sidi Mohammed was killed on the battlefield on 2 August 1664.

Moulay Rashid succeeded his brother as Sultan of Tafilalt, and went on to conquer Taza and assert power in Sijilmasa. He subjugated the northern coastal areas of Morocco, ending the rule of the Dilaites. In 1669, he captured Marrakesh, and thereafter occupied the Sous and the Anti-Atlas, solidifying his control as the first 'Alawi sultan of Morocco.^[3]

^ ^a ^b Williams, Gerhild Scholz (2014-04-10). Mediating Culture in the Seventeenth-Century German Novel: Eberhard Werner Happel, 1647–1690. University of Michigan Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-472-11924-0.
^ Messier, Ronald A.; Miller, James A. (2015-06-15). The Last Civilized Place: Sijilmasa and Its Saharan Destiny. University of Texas Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-292-76665-5.
^ Messier, Ronald A.; Miller, James A. (2015-06-15). The Last Civilized Place: Sijilmasa and Its Saharan Destiny. University of Texas Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-292-76665-5.

[:02-1] Williams, Gerhild Scholz (2014-04-10). Mediating Culture in the Seventeenth-Century German Novel: Eberhard Werner Happel, 1647–1690. University of Michigan Press. p. 162. ISBN 978-0-472-11924-0.

[2] Messier, Ronald A.; Miller, James A. (2015-06-15). The Last Civilized Place: Sijilmasa and Its Saharan Destiny. University of Texas Press. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-292-76665-5.

[3] Messier, Ronald A.; Miller, James A. (2015-06-15). The Last Civilized Place: Sijilmasa and Its Saharan Destiny. University of Texas Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-292-76665-5.

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