Yazid of Morocco
| al-Yazid bin Mohammed الْيَزِيدُ بْن مُحَمَّدٍ | |
|---|---|
'Alawi dynasty | |
| Father | Mohammed bin Abdallah |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Mawlay al-Yazid bin Mohammed (
'Alawi dynasty.[1] He was proclaimed sultan after the death of his father Mohammed bin Abdallah
.
Reign
Mawlay al-Yazid was born in
Fes in 1750. al-Yazid's first order of business was persecuting the Jews of the city of Tétouan.[2][3] In deference to Yazid's father, Sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah, the Jews of Tétouan denied financial support to Yazid and his effort to overthrow his father.[4] Observers remarked that Yazid authorized his black troops to plunder Tétouan's Jewish quarter.[5] For two years, the country was thrown into turmoil. Mawlay al-Yazid attempted to undo the innovations instituted by his father, dismantling much of his father's system.[6]
See also
- List of Sultans of Morocco
- History of Morocco
- 'Alawi dynasty
References
- ^ "Morocco Alaoui dynasty". Archived from the original on 1 April 2019.
- ^ Norman A. Stillman, The Jews of Arab Lands: A History and Source Book (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society of America, 1979), 308-309
- ^ William Lempriere, A Tour from Gibraltar to Tangier, Sallee, Mogodore, Santa Cruz, Tarudant..., 2nd ed. (London: J. Walter, 1793), 464
- ^ Lucien Gubbay and Abraham Levy, The Sephardim: Their Glorious Tradition from the Babylonian Exile to the Present Day (London: Carnell, 1992), 146
- ^ Lempriere, A Tour, 464
- )
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