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Mohammed ben Abdallah

1710 - 1790

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Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah al-Khatib (Arabic: سيدي محمد بن عبد الله الخطيب), known as Mohammed III (Arabic: محمد الثالث), born in 1710 in Fes and died on 9 April 1790 in Meknes, was the Sultan of Morocco from 1757 to 1790 as a member of the 'Alawi dynasty. He was the governor of Marrakesh around 1750. He was also briefly sultan in 1748. He rebuilt many cities after the earthquake of 1755, including Mogador, Casablanca, and Rabat, and Abdallah Laroui described him as "the architect of modern Morocco." He also defeated the French in the Larache expedition in 1765 and expelled the Portuguese from Mazagan (al-Jadīda) in 1769. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mohammed ben Abdallah is the 6,975th most popular politician (down from 6,463rd in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Morocco (up from 41st in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Moroccan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mohammed ben Abdallah ranks 6,975 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Yizong of Tang, Massimo D'Alema, Jorge Carlos Fonseca, Ayad Allawi, Abdul Razak Hussein, and Tai Jia. After him are Roger Borsa, Barbara of Brandenburg, Prince Henry of Prussia, Christina Magdalena of the Palatinate-Zweibrücken, Hugh III of Cyprus, and Otto Abetz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1710, Mohammed ben Abdallah ranks 10. Before him are Thomas Reid, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Muhammad bin Saud, András Hadik, Domenico Alberti, and Marie-Anne de Cupis de Camargo. After him are Thomas Arne, Carl Alexander Clerck, Thomas Simpson, William Cullen, James Ferguson, and Abraham Trembley. Among people deceased in 1790, Mohammed ben Abdallah ranks 9. Before him are Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, Ernst Gideon von Laudon, András Hadik, Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy. After him are Jacob Christian Schäffer, Johann Bernhard Basedow, William Cullen, Johann II Bernoulli, Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, and Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Mohammed ben Abdallah ranks 39 out of 264. Before him are Aziz Akhannouch (1961), Mehdi Ben Barka (1920), Abd al-Hafid of Morocco (1875), Sayyida al Hurra (1485), Ahmad al-Badawi (1199), and Mohamed Choukri (1935). After him are Abd al-Rahman of Morocco (1779), Philippe Barbarin (1950), Ahmed Faras (1946), Muhammad IV of Morocco (1803), Christian de Portzamparc (1944), and Mordechai Vanunu (1954).

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Among POLITICIANS In Morocco

Among politicians born in Morocco, Mohammed ben Abdallah ranks 22. Before him are Yusuf II, Almohad caliph (1197), Dominique de Villepin (1953), Aziz Akhannouch (1961), Mehdi Ben Barka (1920), Abd al-Hafid of Morocco (1875), and Sayyida al Hurra (1485). After him are Abd al-Rahman of Morocco (1779), Muhammad IV of Morocco (1803), Abbas El Fassi (1940), Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi (1541), Abu Inan Faris (1329), and Slimane of Morocco (1766).

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