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Tafilalt

تافيلالت

Oasis region of southeastern Morocco around Sijilmassa, the realm of the early Alawite sharifs.

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Maghreb
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Under the rule of
Mohammed ibn al-Sharif
Home of
Muhammad al-Tafilalti
Site of
Battle of Gaouz (1918)

People and things also explored

Al-Rashid of Morocco· Moulay Ismail ibn al-Sharif· Battle of Gaouz (1918)· Mohammed ibn al-Sharif· Muhammad al-Tafilalti

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islam.museum contributors. “Tafilalt”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/tafilalt/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.

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Al-Rashid of Morocco

Moulay al-Rashid ibn al-Sharif (1631 – 9 April 1672) was the first Alawite sultan of Morocco, son of the dynasty's founder Moulay Sharif. He rebelled against his elder brother Sidi Mohammed, who was killed at the battle of Angad in 1664, and succeeded him in Tafilalt; in 1667 he took Fez and was proclaimed sultan, then subdued Marrakesh and the Sous and destroyed the Dila zawiya, and many historians count him the true founder of Alawite power. He built bridges and madrasas and reformed the currency, and died at Marrakesh after a fall from his horse, succeeded by his brother Moulay Ismail.