List of rulers of Morocco Totally Explained

Everything about Sultan Of Morocco totally explained

This is a partial list of rulers in Morocco, including the historical precursors to the modern state. The common and formal titles of these rulers has varied, depending on the time period. Since 1957 the designation King has been used. Before that the office was generally known as that of the Sultan.

Barghawata

Tarif al-Matghari
Ṣāliḥ ibn Tarīf
Ilyas ibn Salih (?792-842)
Yunus ibn Ilyas (?842-888)
Abu Ghafir Muhammad (?888-917)
Abu al-Ansar Abdullah (?917-961)
Abu Mansur Isa (?961-?)

Idrisid dynasty

Idriss I - (788-791)

Idriss II - (791-828)

Muhammad ibn Idris - (828-836)

Ali ibn Idris, known as "Ali I" - (836-848)

Yahya ibn Muhammad, known as "Yahya I" - (848-864)

Yahya ibn Yahya, known as "Yahya II" - (864-874)

Ali ibn Umar, known as "Ali II" - (874-883)

Yahya ibn Al-Qassim, known as "Yahya III" - (883-904)

Yahya ibn Idris ibn Umar, known as "Yahya IV" - (904-917)

Fatimid dynasty overlordship - (922-925)

Hassan I al-Hajam - (925-927)

Fatimid overlordship - (927-937)

Al Qasim Gannum - (937-948)

Abu l-Aish Ahmad - (948-954)

Al-Hasan ben Kannun, known as "Hassan II" - (954-974) (not to be confused with Hassan II, born in 1929)

Fatimid dynasty

909-934: Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi Billah

934-946: Muhammad al-Qa'im Bi-Amrillah

946-952: Ismail al-Mansur

952-975: Ma'ad al-Muizz Li-Deenillah (conquered Egypt)

975-996: Abu Mansoor Nizar al-Aziz Billah

996-1021: Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah

1021-1035: Ali az-Zahir

1035-1094: Al-Mustansir Billah

Almoravide dynasty

Almohade dynasty

'Abdul-Mu'min 1145–1163

Abu Yaqub Yusuf I 1163–1184

Aby Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur 1184–1199

Muhammad an-Nasir 1199–1213

Abu Yaqub Yusuf II 1213–1224

Abdul-Wahid I 1224

Abdallah al-Adil 1224–1227

Yahya 1227–1235

Idris I 1227–1232

Abdul-Wahid II 1232–1242

Ali 1242–1248

Umar 1248–1266

Idris II 1266–1269

Marinid dynasty

Abd al-Haqq I (1195-1217)

Uthman I (1217-1240)

Muhammad I (1240-1244)

Abu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqq (1244 - 1258)

Umar (1258 - 1259)

Abu Yusuf Yaqub (1259 - 1286)

Abu Yaqub Yusuf (1286 - 1306)

Abu Thabit (1307 - 1308)

Abu l-Rabia (1308 - 1310)

Abu Said Uthman II. (1310 - 1331)

Abu Al-Hasan ibn Othman (1331 - 1348)

Abu Inan Faris (1348 - 1358)

Muhammad II. as Said (1359)

Abu Salim Ali II. (1359 - 1361)

Abu Umar Taschufin (1361)

Abu Zayyan Muhammad III. (1362 - 1366)

Abu l-Fariz Abdul Aziz I. (1366 - 1372)

Abu l-Abbas Ahmad (1372 - 1374)

Abu Zayyan Muhammad IV. (1384 - 1386)

Muhammad V. (1386 - 1387)

Abu l-Abbas Ahmad (1387 - 1393)

Abdul Aziz II. (1393 - 1398)

Abdullah (1398 - 1399)

Abu Said Uthman III. (1399 - 1420)

Abdalhaqq II. (1420 - 1465)

Wattasid Dynasty

Abu Zakariya Muhammad al-Saih al-Mahdi (1472-1505)

Abu Abdallah Muhammad (1505-1524)

Abul Abbas Ahmad (1524-1550)

Saadi Dynasty

Until 1554 only in Southern Morocco:

Abu Abdallah al-Qaim (1509-1517)

Ahmad al-Araj (1517-1544)

Mohammed ash-Sheikh (1544-1557) (ruling all of Morocco after 1554)

Abdallah al-Ghalib (1557–1574)

Abu Abdallah Mohammed II (1574–1576)

Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I (1576–1578)

Ahmad I al-Mansur (r.1578–1603)

Abou Fares Abdallah (born 1564) (r.1603–1608 in parts of Morocco) 1603-1659 the Saadian rulers of Morocco based in Marrakesh

Zidan Abu Maali (r.1603–1627)

Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II (r.1627–1631)

Al Walid ben Zidan (r.1631–1636)

Mohammed Ech Sheik el Seghir (r.1636–1655)

Ahmad el Abbas (r.1655–1659) 1603-1627 the Saadian rulers based in Fes (with only local power)

Mohammed esh Sheikh el Mamun (born 1560), (r.1604-1613)

Abdallah II (r.1613-1623)

Abd el Malek (r.1623-1627)

Alaouite Dynasty

Until 1666 only ruling in Tafilalt and some southern parts of Morocco.

Muhammad I (1631-1635)

Muhammad II (1635-1664) Sultan Mulay Muhammad al-Rashid bin Sharif, 1st Sultan of Morocco, etc, b. at Sijilmasa (Rissani), Tafilalt, 1631, second son of Sultan Abul Amlak Sidi Muhammad I as-Sharif bin 'Ali, Sultan of Tafilalt, educ. privately. Proclaimed at Toza, on the death of his elder half-brother as Sultan of Tafilalt, 2 August 1664. Proclaimed as Sultan of Morocco, etc. at Fez, 22 October 1664.

Al-Rashid (1666–1672)

Al-Harrani, Abu'l Abbas Ahmad I, and Ismail (1672–1684)

Mawlay Ismail Ibn Sharif (1684–1727)

Abu'l Abbas Ahmad II (1727–1728) (first time)

Abdalmalik (1728)

Abu'l Abbas Ahmad II (1728–1729) (second time)

Abdallah (1729–1735) (first time)

Ali (1735–1736)

Abdallah (1736) (second time)

Mohammed II then 1736–1738

Al-Mostadi (1738–1740)

Abdallah III (1740–1745)

Zin al-Abidin (1745)

Abdallah IV (1745–1757)

Mohammed ben Abdallah (1757–1790)

Yazid (1790–1792)

Slimane of Morocco (1792–1822)

Abderrahmane (1822–1859)

Mohammed IV (1859–1873)

Hassan I (1873–1894)

Abdelaziz (1894–1908)

Abdelhafid (1908–1912) Under French Protectorate (1912-1956):

Yusef (1912–1927)

King Mohammed V (1927–1961), changed title of ruler from Sultan to King in 1957. Deposed and exiled to Madagascar (1953-1955)

Mohammed Ben Aarafa, French Puppet (1953-1955) Restored Independence (1956 onwards):

King Mohammed V (1955-1961)

King Hassan II (1961–1999)

King Mohammed VI (1999–)Further Information

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