Ali ibn Rashid al-Alami
Abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Moussa ibn Rashid al-Alami (
Abd as-Salam ibn Mashish al-Alami.[2] He was also the father of Sayyida al-Hurra, governor of Tetouan
.
He founded the city of Chefchaouen in 1471 as a base from which to attack the
conquered Ceuta
in 1415.