Ali Abu Hassun (), also Abu al Hasan Abu Hasun or Abu Hasun, full name Abu al-Hasan Abu Hasun Ali ibn Muhammad (died September 1554), was a Regent of the Crown of

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for the

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, during the 16th century.

Life

In 1545, he succeeded Sultan Ahmad who had been taken prisoner by his southern rivals the

Saadians The Saadi Sultanate (also rendered in English as Sa'di, Sa'did, Sa'dian, or Saadian; ar, السعديون, translit=as-saʿdiyyūn) was a state which ruled present-day Morocco and parts of West Africa in the 16th and 17th centuries. It was l ...

.''A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period'' by Jamil M. Abun-Nasr p.155''ff''
/ref> Ali Abu Hassun became regent for Ahmad's young son Nasir al-Qasiri. Upon his accession, he decided to pledge allegiance to the Ottomans in order to obtain their support. Ahmad came back after two years, and was able to rule from 1547 and 1549, until 1549 when

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and then

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were conquered by his southern Saadian rivals under their leader

Mohammed ash-Sheikh ''Mawlay'' Mohammed al-Shaykh al-Sharif al-Hassani ( ar, محمد الشيخ الشريف الحسني) known as Mohammed al-Shaykh ( ar, محمد الشيخ) (b. 1490 – d. 23 October 1557) was the first sultan of the Saadian dynasty of Morocc ...

.''The last great Muslim empires: history of the Muslim world'' by Frank Ronald Charles Bagley, Hans Joachim Kissling p.103
/ref> Sultan Ahmad lost his life that year, and Ali Abu Hassun again became Regent, but as his country was occupied by the Saadians, he was offered asylum in Ottoman Algiers.''A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period'' by Jamil M. Abun-Nasr p.155''ff''
/ref> Following the reconquest of the

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over the Saadians in 1549, Ali Abu Hassun was able with the help of the Ottomans under

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to reconquer

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in 1554. Ali Abu-Hassun was put in place as Sultan of Fez, supported by Janissaries. Ali Abu Hassun soon paid off the Turkish troops, and gave them the base of Peñon de Velez, which the Moroccans had reconquered in 1522. The reconquest of Fes was short-lived however. Ali Abu Hassun was vanquished and killed by the Saadians at the Battle of Tadla in September 1554. Mohammed ash-Sheik was able to recapture the city of

and became the undisputed ruler of Morocco, establishing the

Saadian dynasty The Saadi Sultanate (also rendered in English as Sa'di, Sa'did, Sa'dian, or Saadian; ar, السعديون, translit=as-saʿdiyyūn) was a state which ruled present-day Morocco and parts of West Africa in the 16th and 17th centuries. It was l ...

as the sole ruler of the country. He then started negotiations with

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to oust the Ottomans.''A history of the Maghrib in the Islamic period'' by Jamil M. Abun-Nasr p.157
/ref>

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