Sultan Moulay Ismaïl Ibn Sharif of Morocco reigned from 1672 to 1727 and was the first great sultan of the Moroccan Alaouite or ‘Alawi dynasty, the current royal house of the kingdom. The dynasty rose to power in the 17th century, beginning with Mawlay al-Sharif who was declared sultan of the Tafilalt region in 1631. […]
