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Aḥmad al-Manṣūr, Sultan of Morocco, 1549-1603

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Personal name headingAḥmad al-Manṣūr, Sultan of Morocco, 1549-1603
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Variant(s)Manṣūr, Sultan of Morocco, 1549-1603
El Mansour, Sultan of Morocco, 1549-1603
Ahmad of Mansur, al-Sharif, Sultan of Morocco, 1549-1603
Almançor, Sultan of Morocco, 1549-1603
Al-Mansour, Sultan of Morocco, 1549-1603
Mulei Ahmede Almançor, Sultan of Morocco, 1549-1603
Ahmede Almançor, Mulei, Sultan of Morocco, 1549-1603
Moulay Ahmed al-Mansour, Sultan of Morocco, 1549-1603
Ahmed al-Mansour, Moulay, Sultan of Morocco, 1549-1603
احمد المنصور، Sultan of Morocco, 1549-1603
Associated countryMorocco
Birth date1549
Death date16030825
Place of birthFès (Morocco)
Place of deathMorocco
Profession or occupationSultans
Special noteMachine-derived non-Latin script reference project.
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Found inIbn al-Qāḍī, A.b.M. al-Muntaqá al-Maqṣūr ʻalá maʼāthir al-Khalīfah al-Manṣūr, 1986.
LC data base, 3-28-89 (hdg.: Ahmad al Mansur, al-Sharif, Sultan of Morocco, 1549-1603; usage: El Mansour le Doré, sultan de Marrakech)
Enc. of Islam (under: Aḥmad al-Manṣūr; sixth sovereign of the Saʻdid Moroccan dynasty; b. at Fez in 956/1549; d. 2 Rabīʻ I 1012/8-2-1603)
Crónica de Almançor, Sultão de Marrocos ... 1997: t.p. (al-Mansour, Sultan du Maroc) p. x, etc. (sultan Moulay Ahmed al-Mansour; sultão Mulei Ahmede Almançor)
Dictionary of African Biography, accessed February 25, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Mansur, Moulay Ahmad al; king; born 1549 in Fez, Morocco; "the Golden" king of the Sa'adi dynasty of Morocco was known for his military skill in his father's service; developed an administrative system, known as the Makhzen, that survived until the beginning of the twentieth century; captured Gao and the major intellectual and commercial center of Timbuktu; was an extremely generous patron of the arts; died 25 August 1603 in Morocco)