Abu Abdallah Mohammed II, Al-Mutawakkil, often simply Abdallah Mohammed () (died 4 August 1578) was the
Sultan of Morocco from 1574 to 1576. He was the oldest son of
Abdallah al-Ghalib and became Sultan after his father's death.
Life
Immediately after his accession to the throne, he had one of his brothers executed and another (Mulay en-Naser, the governor of
Tadla) imprisoned.
Abu Abdallah's uncle,
Abd al-Malik, who, like his father
Abdallah al-Ghalib, was a son of
Mohammed ash-Sheikh, had fled to
Constantinople
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in the
Ottoman Empire
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in 1574.
''Cervantes in Algiers: a captive's tale'' by María Antonia Garcés, p.277 note 39
/ref> Meanwhile in Ottoman Algeria, Abd al-Malik succeeded in organising his own army, consisting of Ottoman soldiers, and in 1576 he invaded Morocco and conquered Fez from his nephew. The two sides fought a battle at al-Rukn in the lands of Banu waritin, near Fez and then fought again near Salé (Rabat
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) in Jandaq al-Rayhan. Each time Abd al-Malik defeated his nephew. A third battle, also won by Abd al-Malik, took place in Taroudant.
Both Abd al-Malik and Abu Abdallah died two years later during the Battle of Alcácer Quibir, in 1578. In that battle, Abu Abdallah fought against his uncle Abd al-Malik with the help of his Portuguese allies and European mercenaries.
See also
* Muley Xeque, son.
* List of rulers of Morocco
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* History of Morocco
* Saadi dynasty
Notes
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Year of birth unknown
1578 deaths
Sultans of Morocco
Saadi dynasty
People from Marrakesh
Moroccan military personnel killed in action
16th-century Moroccan people
16th-century monarchs in Africa
16th-century Arab people
Sons of sultans