Saadi Sultanate | |||||||||||||
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| 1510–1659 | |||||||||||||
Extent of the Saadian empire at the beginning of the 17th century | |||||||||||||
| Status | Ruling dynasty of Morocco | ||||||||||||
| Capital | |||||||||||||
| Common languages | Arabic, Berber languages | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy (Sultanate) | ||||||||||||
| Sultan | |||||||||||||
• 1510–17 (first) | Muhammad al-Qa'im | ||||||||||||
• 1655–59 (last) | Ahmad al-Abbas | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
• Established | 1510 | ||||||||||||
| 1541 | |||||||||||||
| 1554 | |||||||||||||
| 1578 | |||||||||||||
| 1591 | |||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1659 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | Saadi dinar | ||||||||||||
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The Saadi Sultanate (Arabic: السلطنة السعدية) was a Moroccan Sultanate in Africa. It was located in present-day Morocco and parts of West Africa in the 16th and 17th centuries. The Sultanate was led by the Saadi dynasty (Arabic: السعديون, romanized: as-saʿdiyyūn), an Arab Moroccan Sharifian dynasty.
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