Khadir Ghaïlan

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Khadir Ghaïlan (Library of Congress, Ahmad al Khādir ibn 'Ali Ghaylān; generally known to English-speakers as Gayland or Guyland) was a powerful

truces
with the Governors of Tangier.

Depictions

The play "The Heir of Morocco, with the Death of Gayland" written by Elkanah Settle in 1682 was a political attack on John Dryden, and is entirely fictional in respect of the characters used.[2]

References

  1. ^ Childs p.136-41
  2. ^ Brown, Frank C. Elkanah Settle: His Life and Works. p. 23.

Bibliography

  • Childs, John. The Army of Charles II. Routledge, 1976.