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Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah Museum. The Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah Museum (French: "Musée Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah") is a history museum in the city of Essaouira, Morocco. It was named after the founder of the city, Mohammed ben Abdallah. It is located in 19th century mansion, Rue Laâlouj, a central street of the city of Essaouira. [1]
Her children were Moulay Mohammed Ali the eldest of Sidi Mohammed's sons, [27] Moulay Abdelmalik, [30] Moulay El Mamoun [27] (a.k.a. Maimun), [31] Moulay Hisham - he was the father of Sultan Moulay Abd al-Rahman, Lalla Sofia, [32] Lalla Lubabah [33] - she married Sharif Surur in 1768, [34] Lalla Sitt'al'Mulk and Moulay Abdeselam.
Moulay Abdallah married a lady of the Cheraga tribe [7] among their children was his successor Sidi Mohammed III. [7] Unlike his father before him, Sultan Moulay Abdallah did not father plethora of sons, therefore it was the smoothest succession Morocco had known since Ahmad al-Mansur of the Sa'adi dynasty .
The zawiya is a complex of structures and facilities which provide for a number of services and functions. Their architecture is similar to that of other Saadian religious complexes in the late 16th century such as the Mouassine Mosque and Bab Doukkala Mosque, as well as the later Zawiya of Sidi Bel Abbes.
Sidi Mohammed's opening of Morocco to international trade was not welcomed by some, however. After his death in 1790, his son and successor Mawlay Yazid ruled with more xenophobia and violence, punished Jewish communities, and launched an ill-fated attack against the Spanish city of Ceuta in 1792, in which he was mortally wounded. [17]
Abd al-Qadir ibn Ali ibn Yusuf al-Fasi or Sidi Abdelkader el-Fassi [1] (Arabic: عبد القادر بن علي بن يوسف الفاسي; c. 1599–1680) or, in full, Abu Mohammed, Abu Sa'ud Abd al-Qadir al-Fasi ibn Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abu al-Mahasin Yusuf al-Qasri al-Fasi was the founder of the Shadhili zawiyya of Ksar-el-Kebir. [2]
A Chicago man is facing 14 felony charges after officials say he shot a man walking to a synagogue and then fired at responding officers during a shootout Saturday.
Mawlay Sulayman bin Mohammed (Arabic: سليمان بن محمد), born on 28 June 1766 in Tafilalt and died on 28 November 1822 in Marrakesh, was a Sultan of Morocco from 1792 to 1822, as a ruler of the 'Alawi dynasty. He was proclaimed sultan after the death of his half-brother al-Yazid. [2]