Abu al-Hassan Abu Hassun Ali ibn Muhammad , or Ali Abu Hassoun (d. 1554 ) - the Sultan of Morocco from the Wattasid dynasty ( 1547 - 1554 ).
| Ali Abu Hassoun | |||||||
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 Sultan Abu al-Abbas Ahmed | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Abul-Abbas Ahmed | ||||||
| Successor | suppression of the dynasty | ||||||
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| Death | 1554 Fez | ||||||
| Rod | Wattasids | ||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||
Biography
Ali Abu Hassoun in 1545 replaced the Sultan Ahmed on the throne of Morocco, who was captured by his southern rivals Saadits [1] . Ali Abu Hasun became regent for the young son of Ahmed Nasir al-Kashiri [1] .
After Ali Abu Hassoun came to power, he made a vassal oath to the Ottomans in order to get their support [1] .
Ahmed was released from captivity two years later and was able to return to the throne in 1547-1549, but by 1549 Fez and then Tlemcen were conquered by Saadites under the leadership of their leader Mohammed al-Sheikh [2] . Sultan Ahmed was killed in the same year, and Ali Abu Hassoun became regent again, but since his country was occupied by Saadites, he was offered asylum in Ottoman Algeria [1] .
After the Saadites conquered the Kingdom of Tlemcen in 1549, Ali Abu Hassoun was able, with the help of the Ottomans under the leadership of Salih Reis, to return Fes in 1554 [2] . Ali Abu Hassoun was proclaimed the Sultan of Fez with the support of the Janissaries [2] . Soon he paid the Turkish troops and gave them the Penon de Veles base, which the Moroccans conquered in 1522 [2] .
However, the victory was short-lived. Ali Abu Hassoun was defeated and killed by the Saadites at the Battle of Tadla in September 1554 [2] . Mohammed al-Sheikh was able to regain Fez and became the undisputed ruler of Morocco, establishing the Saadite dynasty as ruling [2] . He then began negotiations with Spain to oust the Ottoman Empire from the region [3] .