Ahmad al-Mansur

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Ahmad al-Mansur was a powerful 16th-century Saadian sultan of Morocco known for his wealth, diplomatic skill, and ambitious expansionist policies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Muslim ruler ⓘ
Saadian sultan ⓘ
Sultan of Morocco ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
birthPlace Fez ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
birthYear 1549 ⓘ
built El Badi Palace ⓘ
cameToPowerAfter Battle of Ksar el-Kebir ⓘ
claimedAuthorityOver Maghreb ⓘ
linked to: North Africa

parts of West Africa ⓘ
correspondedWith Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
countryRuled Morocco ⓘ
deathPlace Marrakesh ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
deathYear 1603 ⓘ
dynasty Saadian dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Saadi dynasty
economicPolicy development of trans-Saharan trade ⓘ
taxation of gold and salt trade ⓘ
eventParticipatedIn Battle of Ksar el-Kebir ⓘ
father Mohammed al-Sheikh ⓘ
linked to: Mohammed al-Shaykh
foreignRelationsWith England ⓘ
France ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
fullName Ahmad al-Mansur ⓘ
Ahmad al-Mansur al-Dhahabi ⓘ
linked to: Ahmad al-Mansur
knownFor Battle of Ksar el-Kebir aftermath ⓘ
diplomatic skill ⓘ
expansionist policies ⓘ
patronage of arts and architecture ⓘ
wealth ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
militaryCampaign Moroccan invasion of the Songhai Empire ⓘ
mother Lalla Masuda ⓘ
nickname al-Dhahabi ⓘ
linked to: Al-Dhahabi

the Golden ⓘ
orderedInvasionOf Songhai Empire ⓘ
patronOf Islamic scholarship ⓘ
architecture ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
policy balancing between Ottoman Empire and European powers ⓘ
expansion into the Sahara and West Africa ⓘ
predecessor Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi ⓘ
reignEnd 1603 ⓘ
reignStart 1578 ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
religiousBranch Sunni Islam ⓘ
residence Marrakesh ⓘ
resultedIn Moroccan control over Gao ⓘ
Moroccan control over Timbuktu ⓘ
Moroccan control over parts of the Niger valley ⓘ
successor Zidan Abu Maali ⓘ
title Commander of the Faithful ⓘ

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Saadian Tombs → burialPlaceOf → Ahmad al-Mansur ⓘ
El Badi Palace → builtBy → Ahmad al-Mansur ⓘ
Askia dynasty → overthrownBy → Saadi Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur ⓘ
linked to: Ahmad al-Mansur
Saadian Morocco → notableRuler → Ahmad al-Mansur ⓘ
Portuguese expansion into North Africa → hasKeyFigure → Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur of Morocco ⓘ
linked to: Ahmad al-Mansur
Saadi dynasty → notableRuler → Ahmad al-Mansur ⓘ
Saʿdian dynasty → notableRuler → Aḥmad al-Manṣūr ⓘ
linked to: Ahmad al-Mansur
Saadian sultans → notableRuler → Ahmad al-Mansur ⓘ
Ahmad al-Mansur → fullName → Ahmad al-Mansur ⓘ
Ahmad al-Mansur → fullName → Ahmad al-Mansur al-Dhahabi ⓘ
linked to: Ahmad al-Mansur
Saadian period → hasNotableRuler → Ahmad al-Mansur ⓘ
Saadian period → hasArtisticPatron → Ahmad al-Mansur ⓘ
The Incomparable Palace → builder → Ahmad al-Mansur ⓘ
The Incomparable Palace → commissionedBy → Ahmad al-Mansur ⓘ
Borj Nord → builtBy → Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur ⓘ
linked to: Ahmad al-Mansur
Saadi Sultanate → notableRuler → Ahmad al-Mansur ⓘ
Abd al-Malik of Morocco → successor → Ahmad al-Mansur ⓘ
Abd al-Malik of Morocco → brother → Ahmad al-Mansur ⓘ