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Ahmad al-Mansur

Type Figure Region Morocco Time c. 1549–1603 Also known as Ahmad al-Mansur al-Saadi

Saadi sultan of Morocco who won Alcácer Quibir and balanced Ottomans, Spain, and England; plague killed him in 1603.

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  1. 1601–1603Marrakesh · Marrakesh-Safi regionIn his later years he sustained imperial revenues through the El Badi Palace and the sultan's trade routes and coordinated policy toward Spanish possessions through envoys; he died after plague broke out in 1603, and his sons immediately contested the throne.

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