Type: | Sultan |
Muhammad al-Burtuqali or Muhammad al-Bortogali | |
Succession: | Sultan of Morocco |
Reign: | 1504–1526 |
Successor1: | Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad |
House: | Wattasid |
House-Type: | Dynasty |
Father: | Abu Abd Allah al-Sheikh Muhammad ibn Yahya |
Birth Date: | 1464 |
Birth Place: | Fez, Morocco |
Death Date: | 1526 (aged 62) |
Death Place: | Morocco |
Religion: | Sunni Islam |
Muhammad al-Burtuqali, (full name Abu Abd Allah al-Burtuqali Muhammad ibn Muhammad, Arabic : أبو عبد الله محمد البرتقالي) succeeded his father Abu Abd Allah al-Sheikh Muhammad ibn Yahya to become the second Wattasid Sultan of Morocco in 1504. He died in 1526 and was succeeded by his son Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad.
Muhammad al-Burtuqali earned the nickname of Al-Bortogali after being held as a hostage for seven years by the Portuguese.[1]
Sultan Muhammad al-Burtughali was the sultan that sent Leo Africanus and his uncle on a mission to Timbuktu. This journey gave Leo Africanus material for the Description of Africa.[2]