Saadian sultans

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The Saadian sultans were a Moroccan dynasty that ruled in the 16th and early 17th centuries, noted for their wealth, military power, and patronage of lavish Islamic architecture.

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Saadian sultans canonical 3
Saadian 1
Saadian princes 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic dynasty
Moroccan dynasty
architecturalPatronage El Badi Palace
Saadian Tombs
architecturalStyle Moroccan-Andalusian architecture
Saadian architecture
capital Fez
Marrakesh
country Morocco
currency gold dinar
linked to: Dinar
economicBase gold trade
sugar production
trans-Saharan trade
endTime early 17th century
ethnicOrigin Arab
linked to: Arabs

Sharifian
foreignRelations England
France
Ottoman Empire
Portugal
Spain
governmentType sultanate
knownFor conflict with Portugal
conflict with Spain
conflict with the Ottoman Empire
military power
patronage of Islamic architecture
trade with Europe
wealth
language Arabic
legitimacyClaim descent from the Prophet Muhammad
majorBattle Battle of Alcácer Quibir
Battle of the Three Kings
notableRuler Abdallah al-Ghalib
Ahmad al-Mansur
Mohammed al-Shaykh
Zidan Abu Maali
patronage Islamic scholarship
Sufi institutions
calligraphy
poetry
politicalSystem hereditary monarchy
predecessor Wattasid dynasty
region Maghreb
linked to: North Africa
religion Sunni Islam
startTime 1510s
successor Alaouite dynasty
territorialExpansion Saharan trade routes
parts of the Sudan region

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Saadian Tombs builder Saadian sultans
Saadian Tombs burialPlaceOf Saadian sultans
Saadian Tombs burialPlaceOf Saadian princes
linked to: Saadian sultans
Hall of Twelve Columns architecturalStyle Saadian
linked to: Saadian sultans
Saadian period hasArtisticPatron Saadian sultans