Mawlay Zidan Abu Maali, sultan of Morocco of the Saadi Dynasty (r.1603–1627), son of Ahmad al-Mansur, residing in Marrakech. By a coincidence the complete library of this sultan has been transmitted to us to the present day. Due to strange circumstances in a civil war the sultan Zidan Abu Maali had his complete collection transferred to a ship. The commander of the ship 'stole' the ship and brought it to Spain where the collection was transmitted to El Escorial^[1].

Preceded by Ahmad al-Mansur

Saadi Dynasty 1603–1627

Succeeded by Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II

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   • For details of the incident see: Chantal de la Véronne, Histoire sommaire des Sa'diens au Maroc, 1997, p. 78.
   • Catalogue: Dérenbourg, Hartwig, Les manuscrits arabes de l'Escurial / décrits par Hartwig Dérenbourg. - Paris : Leroux [etc.], 1884-1941. - 3 volumes.

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El Escorial

[edit] External links

• Example of a golden Saadian Dinar. This coin was struck at the time of the reign Moulay Zidan. (Numismatic Museum of the al-Maghrib Bank, Rabat, Morocco): [1]
• Qoran of Mawlay Zidan, written in the El Badi Palace : http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:wAPo71FoakEJ:ucblibraries.colorado.edu/specialcollections/Muley%2520Zaidan%2520Koran.doc+al-Badi+palace&hl=nl&gl=uk&ct=clnk&cd=6(retrieved on December 18 2006 (for image click in the url on top of the page)