Saadian sultans

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The Saadian sultans were a Moroccan dynasty that ruled in the 16th and early 17th centuries, noted for their wealth, military power, and patronage of lavish Islamic architecture.

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Saadian sultans canonical 2
Saadian princes 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic dynasty
Moroccan dynasty
architecturalPatronage El Badi Palace NERFINISHED
Saadian Tombs NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle Moroccan-Andalusian architecture
Saadian architecture
capital Fez NERFINISHED
Marrakesh NERFINISHED
country Morocco
currency gold dinar NERFINISHED
economicBase gold trade
sugar production
trans-Saharan trade
endTime early 17th century
ethnicOrigin Arab NERFINISHED
Sharifian
foreignRelations England NERFINISHED
France NERFINISHED
Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
Portugal NERFINISHED
Spain NERFINISHED
governmentType sultanate
knownFor conflict with Portugal
conflict with Spain
conflict with the Ottoman Empire
military power
patronage of Islamic architecture
trade with Europe
wealth
language Arabic
legitimacyClaim descent from the Prophet Muhammad
majorBattle Battle of Alcácer Quibir NERFINISHED
Battle of the Three Kings NERFINISHED
notableRuler Abdallah al-Ghalib NERFINISHED
Ahmad al-Mansur NERFINISHED
Mohammed al-Shaykh NERFINISHED
Zidan Abu Maali NERFINISHED
patronage Islamic scholarship
Sufi institutions
calligraphy
poetry
politicalSystem hereditary monarchy
predecessor Wattasid dynasty NERFINISHED
region Maghreb NERFINISHED
religion Sunni Islam
startTime 1510s
successor Alaouite dynasty NERFINISHED
territorialExpansion Saharan trade routes
parts of the Sudan region

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Saadian Tombs burialPlaceOf Saadian sultans
Saadian Tombs burialPlaceOf Saadian sultans
this entity surface form: Saadian princes