Al Walid ben Zidan explained

Al Walid ben Zidan
Succession:Sultan of Morocco
Reign:1631 – 1636
Predecessor:Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II
Full Name:Al Walid bin Zidan Abu Maali
Father:Zidan Abu Maali[1]
Religion:Sunni Islam
Successor:Mohammed esh-Sheikh es-Seghir
Birth Date:Unknown ?
Birth Place:Saadi Sultanate
Death Date:21 February 1636
Death Place:Saadi Sultanate
Dynasty:House of Saadi

Al Walid ben Zidan, also known as Mulay al-Walid (? – 21 February 1636) was the Sultan of Morocco from 1631 to 1636.

He was assassinated by French renegades on February 1636.[2] Al Walid ben Zidan was succeeded by his brother Mohammed esh-Sheikh es-Seghir.

His son Mohammed al-Attaz converted to Christianity and became a Jesuit priest, under the name Balthazar of Loyola.

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=QbZRl9DMIPMC&pg=PA116 A man of three worlds: Samuel Pallache by Mercedes García-Arenal,Gerard Albert Wiegers p.116