Principality of Debdou إمارة دبدو (Arabic) | |||||||||
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| 1430–1563 | |||||||||
 Map of Morocco in 1515. The Principality of Debdou is in the east. | |||||||||
| Capital | Debdou | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam, Judaism | ||||||||
| Government | Hereditary monarchy | ||||||||
| Emir | |||||||||
• 1430–1460 (first) | Musa ibn Hammu | ||||||||
• 1460–1485 | Ahmad ibn Musa | ||||||||
• 1485–1515 | Muhammad ibn Ahmad | ||||||||
• 1515–1550 | Muhammad II | ||||||||
• 1550–1563 (last) | Ammar | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1430 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1563 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Morocco | ||||||||
The Principality of Debdou was an autonomous hereditary viceroyalty that existed in eastern Morocco from 1430 to 1563, with its capital at Debdou. It was governed by the Ouartajin, a dynasty of Berber descent, related to the Marinids and Wattasids.[1][2]