Moulay Abdelmalik
King of Morocco
Reign1728 - 1729
PredecessorMoulay Ahmad Ad Dhahabi
SuccessorMoulay Ahmad Ad Dhahabi
Born1675
Morocco
Died2 March 1729
Meknes, Morocco
Names
Moulay Abdelmalek ibn Ismail
House'Alawi dynasty
FatherIsmail Ibn Sharif
MotherMa'azuza Malika
ReligionSunni Islam

Sultan Moulay Abdelmalik (Arabic: عبد الملك بن إسماعيل العلوي) (1675 – 2 March 1729) was Sultan of Morocco from March 1728[1] to March 1729 and member of the Alaouite dynasty.

Reign

A son of Sultan Moulay Ismail and Ma'azuza Malika,[2] Moulay Abdalmalik was earmarked as his father's successor until he fell from favour and was replaced as heir by his two years younger half-brother Moulay Ahmad al-Dhahbi[3] in 1727. Moulay Ahmad al-Dhahbi proved quite ineffective as a ruler, and when it became public that he was a drunkard, he was overthrown in a coup instigated by his own wives. Moulay Abdelmalik was proclaimed Sultan in March 1729, but failed to prevent his brother's escape and made the mistake of criticising the fiercely loyal bukhari (the imperial black bodyguards). The bukhari then threw their support behind the ousted Ahmad ed Dhahbi, thus throwing Morocco into yet another civil war.

A compromise was reached between the brothers after bloody fighting, splitting Morocco into two kingdoms. Ahmed ed Dehebi was to have Meknes for his capital while Abdelmalik was to rule from Fez. Not content with this however, Abdelmalik arranged a face-to-face meeting with his brother with the intention of assassinating him.

The attempt failed and Abdelmalik was sent off under guard in Meknes, imprisoned in the house of bacha Msâhel where he was later strangled during the night March 2, 1729,[4] three days before Moulay Ahmad al-Dhahbi died.[5]

References

  1. ^ Trans. from Arabic by Eugène Fumet, Ahmed ben Khâled Ennâsiri. Kitâb Elistiqsâ li-Akhbâri doual Elmâgrib Elaqsâ ["Le livre de la recherche approfondie des événements des dynasties de l'extrême Magrib"], vol. IX : Chronique de la dynastie alaouie au Maroc (PDF) (in French). Ernest Leroux. p. 164. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-10-04. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  2. ^ نور, مكتبة. "تحميل كتاب المنزع اللطيف في مفاخر المولى إسماعيل ابن الشريف 4098 PDF". www.noor-book.com (in Arabic). p. 392. Retrieved 2022-10-03. and Sultan Moulay Abd al Malik, and his full blood brothers Abd al Rahman and al-Hussein their mother is Ma'azuza Malika
  3. ^ John Braithwaite (January 1, 1729). The History of the Revolutions in the Empire of Morocco: Upon the Death of the late Emperor Muley Ishmael. University of Michigan Library.
  4. ^ Hamel, Chouki El (2014-02-27). Black Morocco: A History of Slavery, Race, and Islam. Cambridge University Press. p. 213. ISBN 9781139620048.
  5. ^ trans. from Arabic by Eugène Fumet, Ahmed ben Khâled Ennâsiri. Kitâb Elistiqsâ li-Akhbâri doual Elmâgrib Elaqsâ [" Le livre de la recherche approfondie des événements des dynasties de l'extrême Magrib "], vol. IX : Chronique de la dynastie alaouie au Maroc (PDF) (in French). Ernest Leroux. p. 170. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-10-04. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
Preceded byMoulay Ahmad Ad Dhahabi Sultan of Morocco 1728–1729 Succeeded byMoulay Ahmad Ad Dhahabi


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