Ahmad al-Araj

Ahmed al-Araj
2nd Ruler of Saadi Dynasty
Portrait of Ahmed al-Araj.
Emir of Marrakesh (Saadi Sultanate)
Reign	1517 – 1544
Predecessor	Abu Abdallah al-Qaim
Successor	Mohammed al-Shaykh
Born	1486
Died	1557 Marrakesh, Saadi Sultanate
Spouse	Princess Umm al Banin Bû Shentuf[1]
Issue	Sayyida Aicha al-Sâadiya[2] Sayyida Oum Kalthum[3] Abbas al-Sâadi[4] Zaydan al-Sâadi[5]
Names Ahmad al-Araj bin Mohammed Era dates 16th Century
House	Saadi Dynasty
Father	Abu Abdallah al-Qaim
Religion	Sunni Islam

Ahmad al-Araj (Arabic: أحمد الأعرج السعدي r. 1517–1544) (b. 1486^[6] – d. 1557)^[6] was a ruler of the Saadi Dynasty. He became ruler of Marrakesh^[7][8] after conquering the city in 1525.^[7] Some sources refer to him as Sultan of Marrakesh.^{[9][verification needed]} Ahmad was a son of Abu Abdallah al-Qaim and brother of his successor Muhammad al-Shaykh, the first Saadi sultan to rule over most of Morocco.^[10]

References

1. "Umm al Banin Princesse de Marrakech". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
2. "Sayyeda Aicha al-Sâadi Princesse de Marrakech". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
3. "Sayyeda Umm Kalthûm Princesse de Marrakech". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
4. "Abbas al-Sâadi Prince du Maroc". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
5. "Zaydan al-Sâadi Prince du Maroc". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
6. "Sultan du Maroc Ahmed al-Araj de Tagmadert". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
7. Abun-Nasr, Jamil M. (1987). A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period. Cambridge University Press. p. 211. ISBN 978-0-521-33767-0.
8. Bagley, Frank Ronald Charles (1996). The Last Great Muslim Empires: The Muslim World - a Historical Survey. Markus Wiener Publishers, Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-55876-112-4.
9. Deverdun, Gaston (1956). Inscriptions arabes de Marrakech (in French). Éditions techniques nord-africaines. p. 68.
10. Bosworth, Clifford Edmund (2004). "The Sa'did Sharifs". The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual. Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748696482.

Preceded by Abu Abdallah al-Qaim

Saadi Dynasty 1517–1544

Succeeded by Mohammed ash-Sheikh