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The Alawi Dynasty

GENEALOGY

The Prophet Muhammad
(praise be upon him)
I
Fatima az-Zahra (fl)
(may God be pleased with her)
m.
'Ali bin Abu Talib, 4th Caliph
598-661 AD
I
Hasan al-Sabti
I
Hasan al-Muthanna
(may God be pleased with him)
I
'Abdu'llah al-Kamal
I
Muhammad al-Nafas al-Zakiyya
I
Kasim
I
Ismail
I
Ahmad
I
Hasan
I
'Ali
I
Abu Bakar
I
Hasan
I
Arafa
I
Abu Muhammad
I
'Abdu'llah
I
Hasan
I
Muhammad
I
Abu'l Kasim
I
Muhammad
I
Kasim
I
Hasan Addakhil
I
Muhammad
I
Hasan
I
'Ali as-Sharif
(bur. at Rissani, Tafilalt, ca. 1640)
I
Yusuf
I
'Ali
I
Muhammad
I
'Ali as-Sharif
I
Sultan Abul Amlak Sidi Muhammad as-Sharif
(with whom we treat)

1631 - 1636 Sultan Abul Amlak Sidi Muhammad as-Sharif bin 'Ali, Sultan of Tafilalt. b. before 9^th November 1589, sixth son of 'Ali as-Sharif al-Marrakchi. Abdicated in favour of his eldest son, 1636. He d. at Sijilmasa (Rissani), Tafilalt, 5^th June 1659, having had issue, fifteen sons:

1) Sultan Sidi Muhammad I bin Sharif, Sultan of Tafilalt - see below.
2) Mulay Muhammad al-Harran bin Sharif.
3) Mulay Murad [Muhraz] bin Sharif. He had issue, a son:
- a) Mulay Abul Abbas Ahmad bin Murad. Rebelled against his uncle, Sultan Ismail as-Samin. He was k. at Taroudant, ca. 1684.
4) Mulay Hasan bin Sharif.
5) Mulay Yusuf bin Sharif.
6) Sultan Mulay Muhammad al-Rashid bin Sharif, Sultan of Morocco, etc. - see below.
7) Sultan Mulay Ismail as-Samin bin Sharif, Sultan of Morocco, etc. (s/o a Mulatto slave) - see below.
8) Mulay Ahmad bin Sharif.
9) Mulay Muhammad al-Kabir bin Sharif.
10) Mulay Hammada bin Sharif.
11) Mulay Abbas bin Sharif.
12) Mulay Said bin Sharif.
13) Mulay Hashim bin Sharif.
14) Mulay 'Ali bin Sharif. He had issue.
15) Mulay Muhammad al-Mahdi bin Sharif (s/o a Mulatto slave).

1636 - 1664 Sultan Sidi Muhammad I bin Sharif, Sultan of Tafilalt, eldest son of Sultan Abul Amlak Sidi Muhammad as-Sharif bin 'Ali, Sultan of Tafilalt, educ. privately. Elected as leader by the Filali, following the abdication of his father in 1636, and assumed the title of Sultan. He consolidated his family's position and extended his control over territory to Mulwiya and Dras. Expelled from his hereditary domains, 1646. Defeated and k. in battle with his younger brother, on the plain of Angad, 2^nd August 1664, having had issue, a son:

1) Sidi Muhammad as-Saghir bin Muhammad. Khalifa of Tafilalt.

1664 - 1672 Sultan Mulay Muhammad al-Rashid bin Sharif, Sultan of Morocco, etc, b. at Sijilmasa (Rissani), Tafilalt, 1631, sixth son of Sultan Abul Amlak Sidi Muhammad as-Sharif bin 'Ali, Sultan of Tafilalt, educ. privately. Proclaimed at Toza, on the death of his elder half-brother as Sultan of Tafilalt, 2^nd August 1664. Proclaimed as Sultan of Morocco, etc. at Fez, 22^nd October 1664. Conquered and secured Marrakesh on 7^th September 1668 and established his capital there. A strong and powerful ruler, he is considered the real founder of the Alawi dynasty in Morocco. He removed the Zawyia of Dila, eradicated lawlessness, built the Mederssa Sharratin, the Kasbah of Shrarda at Fez, and the Kasbah of Oudaya at Rabat. He d. from the effects of a fall from his horse, at Marrakesh, 9^th April 1672 (bur. there).

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