Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II explained

Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II
Succession:Sultan of Morocco
Reign:1627 – 1631
Predecessor:Zidan Abu Maali
Successor:Al Walid ben Zidan
Birth Date:Unknown ?
Birth Place:Saadi Sultanate
Death Date:10 March 1631
Death Place:Saadi Sultanate
Full Name:Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II bin Zidan Abu Maali
Father:Zidan Abu Maali[1]
Religion:Sunni Islam
Dynasty:House of Saadi

Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II ibn Zidan, also known as Abd el-Malik II (? – 10 March 1631) was the Sultan of Morocco from 1627 to 1631.

Life

After the expeditions of Isaac de Razilly to Morocco, he signed a Franco-Moroccan treaty with France in 1631, giving France preferential treatment, known as Capitulations: preferential tariffs, the establishment of a Consulate and freedom of religion for French subjects.[2]

The story of his life was published by the English diplomat John Harrison in 1633.[3] He was succeeded by his brother Al Walid ben Zidan.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Muḥammad al-Ṣaghīr ibn Muḥammad Ifrānī. Nozhet-Elhâdi : Histoire de la dynastie saadienne au Maroc (1511-1670). 1888. 405. fr.
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=KPM3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA259 France in the age of Louis XIII and Richelieu by Victor Lucien Tapié p.259
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=77XC3rocFA4C&pg=PA41 Piracy, slavery, and redemption by Daniel J. Vitkus,Nabil I. Matar p.41 Note 8