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The Saadi Dynasty (Arabic: ??????) (in English also Saadite or Saadian, original name Bani Zaydan), began with the reign of Sultan
Sultan

Sultan is an Islamic honorifics, with several historical meanings. Originally it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", or "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ???? sulah, meaning "authority" or "power"....
 Mohammed ash-Sheikh
Mohammed ash-Sheikh

Mawlay Mohammed ash-Sheikh ash Sharif al-Hassani al-Drawi at-Tagmadert was the first sultan of the Saadi dynasty ruling over Morocco . Al-Drawi at-Tagmadert means: the man from the Draa, from Tagmadert....
 in 1554. From 1509 to 1554 they had ruled only in the south of Morocco
Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 34 million and an area just under 447,000 km2....
. The Saadian rule ended in 1659 with the end of the reign of Sultan Ahmad el Abbas. The Saadi family claimed descent from Muhammad
Muhammad

Muhammad Patronymic#Arabic Abd Allah ibn Abd al Muttalib , is the founder of the Major religious groups of Islam and is regarded by Muslims as a Rasul and prophet of , the last and the greatest law-bearer in a series of prophets....
 through the line of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatima Zahra (Muhammad's daughter).






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The Saadi Dynasty (Arabic: ??????) (in English also Saadite or Saadian, original name Bani Zaydan), began with the reign of Sultan
Sultan

Sultan is an Islamic honorifics, with several historical meanings. Originally it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", or "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ???? sulah, meaning "authority" or "power"....
 Mohammed ash-Sheikh
Mohammed ash-Sheikh

Mawlay Mohammed ash-Sheikh ash Sharif al-Hassani al-Drawi at-Tagmadert was the first sultan of the Saadi dynasty ruling over Morocco . Al-Drawi at-Tagmadert means: the man from the Draa, from Tagmadert....
 in 1554. From 1509 to 1554 they had ruled only in the south of Morocco
Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 34 million and an area just under 447,000 km2....
. The Saadian rule ended in 1659 with the end of the reign of Sultan Ahmad el Abbas. The Saadi family claimed descent from Muhammad
Muhammad

Muhammad Patronymic#Arabic Abd Allah ibn Abd al Muttalib , is the founder of the Major religious groups of Islam and is regarded by Muslims as a Rasul and prophet of , the last and the greatest law-bearer in a series of prophets....
 through the line of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatima Zahra (Muhammad's daughter). The Saadi came from Tagmadert
Tagmadert

Tagmadert is a famous place in the Draa River valley. It is the place of origin of the members of the Saadi Dynasty. Despite the fact that Tagmadert is indicated on most older European maps, there is some uncertainty about its exact location....
 in the valley of the Draa River
Draa River

The Draa is Morocco's longest river . It is formed by the confluence of the Dad?s River and Imini River. It flows from the High Atlas mountains south-ward to Tagounit and from Tagounit mostly westwards to the Atlantic Ocean somewhat north of Tan-Tan....
. The family's village of origin in the Draa
Draa River

The Draa is Morocco's longest river . It is formed by the confluence of the Dad?s River and Imini River. It flows from the High Atlas mountains south-ward to Tagounit and from Tagounit mostly westwards to the Atlantic Ocean somewhat north of Tan-Tan....
 was Tidzi (a qsar, some 10 km north of Zagora
Zagora, Morocco

Zagora is a town in the valley of the Draa River in Souss-Massa-Dra?, southeastern Morocco. It is located at around . It is flanked by the mountain Mount Zagora from which the town got its name....
) . They claimed sharifian
Sharif

Sharif is a traditional Arab Tribe title given to those who serve as the protector of the tribe and all tribal assets, such as property, wells, and land....
 origins through an ancestor from Yanbu and rendered Sufism
Sufism

Sufi is generally understood to be the inner, mystical dimension of Islam. A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a ufi , though some adherents of the tradition reserve this term only for those practitioners who have attained the goals of the Sufi tradition....
 respectable in Magreb. The name Saadi or Saadian was given to the Bani Zaydan (shurafa
Sharif

Sharif is a traditional Arab Tribe title given to those who serve as the protector of the tribe and all tribal assets, such as property, wells, and land....
 of Tagmadert
Tagmadert

Tagmadert is a famous place in the Draa River valley. It is the place of origin of the members of the Saadi Dynasty. Despite the fact that Tagmadert is indicated on most older European maps, there is some uncertainty about its exact location....
) by later generations and rivals for power, who tried to deny their Hassanid descent by claiming that they came from the family of Halimah
Halimah bint Abdullah

Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb was the foster parent and wetnurse of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Halimah and her husband were from the tribe of Sa'd b....
 Saadiyya, Muhammad's wet nurse. The most famous sultan
Sultan

Sultan is an Islamic honorifics, with several historical meanings. Originally it was an Arabic language abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", or "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ???? sulah, meaning "authority" or "power"....
 of the Saadi was Ahmad al-Mansur (1578–1603), builder of the El Badi Palace
El Badi Palace

El Badi Palace is located in Marrakech, Morocco, and it consists nowadays of the remnants of a magnificent palace built by the Saadian king Ahmad al-Mansur in 1578....
 in Marrakech
Marrakech

Marrakesh or Marrakech , known as the "Red City", is an important city/Wiktionary:medina in Morocco. It has a population of 1,036,500 , and is the capital of the mid-southwestern economic region of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz , near the foothills of the snow-capped Atlas Mountains....
 and contemporary of Elizabeth I. One of their most important achievements was ousting the Portuguese
Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Located in southwestern Europe, Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east....
 from Morocco
Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa with a population of nearly 34 million and an area just under 447,000 km2....
 and defending the country against the Ottomans. Before they conquered Marrakech
Marrakech

Marrakesh or Marrakech , known as the "Red City", is an important city/Wiktionary:medina in Morocco. It has a population of 1,036,500 , and is the capital of the mid-southwestern economic region of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz , near the foothills of the snow-capped Atlas Mountains....
, they had Taroudant
Taroudant

Taroudant is a Moroccan city located in the Sous Valley in the southern part of the country. It is situated east from Agadir on the road to Ouarzazate and south from Marrakech....
 as their capital city.

The Saadian Tombs
Saadian Tombs

The Saadian tombs in Marrakech date back from the time of the sultan Ahmad al-Mansur . The tombs were only recently discovered and were restored by the Beaux-arts service....
 were rediscovered in 1917 and can be seen in Marrakech
Marrakech

Marrakesh or Marrakech , known as the "Red City", is an important city/Wiktionary:medina in Morocco. It has a population of 1,036,500 , and is the capital of the mid-southwestern economic region of Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz , near the foothills of the snow-capped Atlas Mountains....
.

Rulers

Until 1554 only in Southern Morocco:
  • Abu Abdallah al-Qaim
    Abu Abdallah al-Qaim

    Abu Abdallah al-Qaim bi Amrillah of Tagmadert in the Draa River valley was the ancestor of the Saadi Dynasty of Morocco. The Sharifian movement on which the Saadi Dynasty was to be build began when Abu Abdallah, during a visit to Medina, dreamed of two lions entering a tower with a crowd of people close behind....
     (1509-1517)
  • Ahmad al-Araj
    Ahmad al-Araj

    Ahmad al-Araj was a member of the Saadi Dynasty, son of Abu Abdallah al-Qaim and brother of his successor Mawlay Mohammed ash-Sheikh ash Sharif al-Hassani al-Drawi at-Tagmadert, the first Saadi sultan of Morocco....
     (1517-1544)
  • Mohammed ash-Sheikh
    Mohammed ash-Sheikh

    Mawlay Mohammed ash-Sheikh ash Sharif al-Hassani al-Drawi at-Tagmadert was the first sultan of the Saadi dynasty ruling over Morocco . Al-Drawi at-Tagmadert means: the man from the Draa, from Tagmadert....
     (1544-1557) (ruling all of Morocco after 1554)


  • Abdallah al-Ghalib
    Abdallah al-Ghalib

    Abdallah al-Ghalib Billah was the second sultan of the Saadi Dynasty. He came to power to the throne as the legal heir of Mohammed ash-Sheikh. From his first wife this first Saadian sultan, Mohammed ash-Sheikh had had three sons, but the two oldest had died ....
     (1557–1574)
  • Abu Abdallah Mohammed II
    Abu Abdallah Mohammed II Saadi

    Abu Abdallah Mohammed II was the oldest son of Abdallah al-Ghalib and was recognised as the legitimate sultan of Morocco after al-Ghalib's death....
     (1574–1576)
  • Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I
    Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi

    Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I was the Sultan of the Saadi Dynasty from 1576 until his death at the Battle of Alcazarquivir against Portugal in 1578....
     (1576–1578)
  • Ahmad al-Mansur (1578–1603)
  • Abou Fares Abdallah
    Abou Fares Abdallah

    Abou Fares Abdallah was a ruler of the Saadi dynasty. He was one of the three sons of Ahmad al-Mansur and reigned in different parts of the country , the South, Marrakesh and Fes, Morocco. He especially fought his brother Zidan Abu Maali....
     (born 1564) (r.1603–1608 in parts of Morocco)
1603-1659 the Saadian rulers of Morocco based in Marrakesh
  • Zidan Abu Maali
    Zidan Abu Maali

    Mawlay Zidan Abu Maali, sultan of Morocco of the Saadi Dynasty , son of Ahmad al-Mansur, residing in Marrakech. By a coincidence the complete library of this sultan has been transmitted to us to the present day....
     (r.1603–1627)
  • Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II (r.1627–1631)
  • Al Walid ibn Zidan (r.1631–1636)
  • Mohammed esh Sheikh es Seghir
    Mohammed esh Sheikh es Seghir

    Mohammed esh Sheikh es Seghir was a sultan of the Saadi dynasty, residing in Marrakesh. He was a son of sultan Zidan Abu Maali . His portrait can be found in an engraving of Marrakesh by Adriaen Matham in 1640, made on the occasion of a visit by the ambassador of the Netherlands to the sultan....
     (r.1636–1655)
  • Ahmad el Abbas (r.1655–1659)
1603-1627 the Saadian rulers based in Fes
FES

Fes may refer to:* Fes, Morocco, also known as Fez, a city in Morocco* Persona 3 FES, an 'add-on' disk for Shin Megami Tensei:Persona 3.FES is a three-letter acronym that may refer to:...
 (with only local power)
  • Mohammed esh Sheikh el Mamun (born 1560), (r.1604-1613)
  • Abdallah II (r.1613-1623)
  • Abd el Malek (r.1623-1627)


See also

  • El Badi Palace
    El Badi Palace

    El Badi Palace is located in Marrakech, Morocco, and it consists nowadays of the remnants of a magnificent palace built by the Saadian king Ahmad al-Mansur in 1578....
  • Saadian Tombs
    Saadian Tombs

    The Saadian tombs in Marrakech date back from the time of the sultan Ahmad al-Mansur . The tombs were only recently discovered and were restored by the Beaux-arts service....
  • Draa River
    Draa River

    The Draa is Morocco's longest river . It is formed by the confluence of the Dad?s River and Imini River. It flows from the High Atlas mountains south-ward to Tagounit and from Tagounit mostly westwards to the Atlantic Ocean somewhat north of Tan-Tan....
  • Kingdom of Fez
    Kingdom of Fez

    The Kingdom of Fez was a state of North Africa. It bordered the Mediterranean Sea to its north, Spain to the northeast, Abdalwadid to the east, Saadi dynasty by Oum Er-Rbia River to the south, Atlantic ocean to the west, and Portugal to the northwest....
  • History of Morocco
    History of Morocco

    The [Capsian culture]brought Morocco into the Neolithic about 8000 BC, at a time when the Maghreb was less arid than it is today. The Berber languages probably was formed at roughly the same time as agriculture , and was developed by the existing population and adopted the immigrants who arrived later....
  • History of Spain
    History of Spain

    The History of Spain spans the period from Prehistoric Iberia, through the rise and fall of the first Spanish Empire, to Spain's current position as a member of the European Union....