Ruler · 1610 – 1655

Muhammad al-Shaykh al-Saghir

Lived 1610 – 1655; politician. Sultan of Morocco of Saadi Sultanate, 1636 – 1655.

Wikidata's English label: Mohammed esh-Sheikh es-Seghir.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1610 – 1655; 45 years
In office: 19 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Saadi Sultanate
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Sultan of Morocco

Saadi Sultanate · the 10th of 11 dated reigns · 1549 – 1659

6 before

Muhammad al-Shaykh al-Ma'mun1603 – 1627

Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II1627 – 1631

Al Walid ibn Zaydan1631 – 1636

Muhammad al-Shaykh al-Saghir1636 – 1655

Ahmad al-Abbas1655 – 1659

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1636 – 1655 · 19 years · came to it aged 36

Came to it: the sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1655, the year they died

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