List of rulers of Morocco

King of Morocco
Coat of arms of Morocco
Incumbent
Mohammed VI since 23 July 1999
Details
Style	His Majesty
Heir apparent	Prince Moulay Hassan
First monarch	Idriss ibn Abdallah  (Idrisid dynasty) Al-Rashid ibn Sharif  (Alaouite dynasty)
Formation	789 (Idrisid dynasty) 1666 (Alaouite dynasty)
Residence	Dar al-Makhzen, Rabat

This is the list of rulers of Morocco, since the establishment of the first Moroccan state in 789. The common and formal titles of these rulers has varied, depending on the time period. Since 1957, the title King has been used.

Idrisid dynasty

• Idriss I (789–791)
• Idriss II (791–828)
• Muhammad ibn Idris (828–836)
• Ali ibn Idris (836–848)
• Yahya ibn Muhammad (848–864)
• Yahya ibn Yahya (864–874)
• Ali ibn Umar (874–883)
• Yahya ibn Al-Qassim (883–904)
• Yahya ibn Idris ibn Umar (904–917)

The first period of Fatimid overlordship lasted from 922 to 925.

• Hassan I al-Hajam (925–927)

The second period of Fatimid overlordship lasted from 927 to 937.

• Al Qasim Gannum (937–948)
• Abu l-Aish Ahmad (948–954)
• Al-Hasan ben Kannun (954–974)

In 974, the Sultan Al-Hasan ben Kannun was defeated by Cordobese Umayyads. A period of Umayyad overlordship followed then.

Almoravid dynasty

• Abu Bakr ibn Umar (c. 1060–1072)
• Yusuf ibn Tashfin (1072–1106)
• Ali ibn Yusuf (1106–1142)
• Tashfin ibn Ali (1142–1146)

Almohad uprising started in 1145

• Ibrahim ibn Tashfin (1146)
• Ishaq ibn Ali (1146–1147)

Almohad dynasty

• 'Abdul-Mu'min (1145–1163)
• Abu Yaqub Yusuf I (1163–1184)
• Aby Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur (1184–1199)
• Muhammad an-Nasir (1199–1213)
• Abu Yaqub Yusuf II (1213–1224)
• Abdul-Wahid I (1224)
• Abdallah al-Adil (1224–1227)
• Yahya (1227–1235)
• Idris I (1227–1232)
• Abdul-Wahid II (1232–1242)
• Ali (1242–1248)

Marinid overlordship, from 1248 until the fall of the Almohads in 1269

• Umar (1248–1266) - based in Marrakech, with local power only
• Idris II (1266–1269) - in Marrakech, with local power only

Marinid dynasty

• Abu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqq (1244–1258)
• Umar (1258–1259)
• Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd Al-Haqq (1259–1286)
• Abu Yaqub Yusuf an-Nasr (1286–1306)
• Abu Thabit Amir (1307–1308)
• Abu al-Rabi Sulayman (1308–1310)
• Abu Sa'id Uthman II (1310–1331)
• Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman (1331–1348)
• Abu Inan Faris (1348–1358)
• Muhammad II. as Said (1359)
• Abu Salim Ali II. (1359–1361)
• Abu Umar Taschufin (1361)
• Abu Zayyan Muhammad III. (1362–1366)
• Abu l-Fariz Abdul Aziz I. (1366–1372)
• Abu l-Abbas Ahmad (1372–1384)
• Musa ibn Faris (1384–1386)
• Al-Wathiq (1386–1387)
• Abu l-Abbas Ahmad (1387–1393)
• Abu Faris Abdul Aziz II. (1393–1396)
• Abdullah (1396–1399)
• Abu Said Uthman III. (1399–1420)
• Abdalhaqq II (1420–1465)

Idrisid interlude

• Muhammad ibn Ali Idrisi-Joutey (1465–1471)

Wattasid dynasty

• Abu Zakariya Muhammad al-Saih al-Mahdi (1472–1505)
• Abu Abdallah Muhammad I (1505–1524)
• Abul Abbas Ahmad (1524–1545)
• Nasir ad-Din al-Qasri (1545–1547)
• Abul Abbas Ahmad (second time, 1547–1549)
• Ali Abu Hassun (Jan.–Sep. 1554)

Saadi dynasty

• Mohammed ash-Sheikh (1549–1554, 1554–1557)
• Abdallah al-Ghalib (1557–1574)
• Abu Abdallah Mohammed II (1574–1576)
• Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I (1576–1578)
• Ahmad al-Mansur (1578–1603)

1603–1627: Succession war

Main Saadian rulers, based in Marrakesh:

• Abou Fares Abdallah (r. 1603–1608)
• Zidan el Nasir (pretender since 1603, r. 1608–1628)

Splinter faction based in Fes, with only local power:

• Mohammed esh Sheikh el Mamun (r. 1603–1613)
• Abdallah II (r. 1613–1623)
• Abd al-Malik ibn Abdallah (r. 1623–1627)

1627–1659: Reunified rule

• Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II (r. 1627–1631)
• Al Walid ibn Zidan (r. 1631–1636)
• Mohammed esh Sheikh es Seghir (r. 1636–1655)
• Ahmad el Abbas (r. 1655–1659)

Dila'i interlude

• Muhammad al-Hajj ad-Dila'i (r. 1659–1663)

Alaouite dynasty

1666–1957: Alaouite sultans of Morocco

Name	Lifespan	Reign start	Reign end	Notes	Family	Image
Al-Rashid	1631 – 9 April 1672 (aged 41)	1666	9 April 1672	Son of Moulay Sharif
Ismail Ibn Sharif	1634/1645 – 22 March 1727 (aged 93–82)	1672	22 March 1727	Son of Moulay Sharif	Alaouite
Abu'l Abbas Ahmad (1st reign)	1677 – 5 March 1729 (aged 52)	22 March 1727	March 1728 (deposed)	Son of Ismail Ibn Sharif	Alaouite
Abdalmalik	1696 – 2 March 1729 (aged 33)	March 1728	July 1728 (deposed)	Son of Ismail Ibn Sharif	Alaouite
Abu'l Abbas Ahmad (2nd reign)	1677 – 5 March 1729 (aged 52)	July 1728	5 March 1729	Son of Ismail Ibn Sharif	Alaouite
Abdallah (1st reign)	1678 – 10 November 1757 (aged 79)	5 March 1729	28 September 1734 (deposed)	Son of Ismail Ibn Sharif	Alaouite
Ali	Died April 1737	28 September 1734	14 February 1736 (deposed)	Son of Ismail Ibn Sharif	Alaouite
Abdallah (2nd reign)	1678 – 10 November 1757 (aged 79)	14 February 1736	8 August 1736 (deposed)	Son of Ismail Ibn Sharif	Alaouite
Mohammed II	Born 1694	8 August 1736	18 June 1738 (deposed)	Son of Ismail Ibn Sharif	Alaouite
Al-Mostadi (1st reign)	Died 1759	18 June 1738	February 1740 (deposed)	Son of Ismail Ibn Sharif	Alaouite
Abdallah (3rd reign)	1678 – 10 November 1757 (aged 79)	February 1740	13 June 1741 (deposed)	Son of Ismail Ibn Sharif	Alaouite
Zin al-Abidin	1692 – 1762 (aged 70)	13 June 1741	24 November 1741 (deposed)	Son of Ismail Ibn Sharif	Alaouite
Abdallah (4th reign)	1678 – 10 November 1757 (aged 79)	24 November 1741	3 February 1742 (deposed)	Son of Ismail Ibn Sharif	Alaouite
Al-Mostadi (2nd reign)	Died 1759	3 February 1742	May 1743 (deposed)	Son of Ismail Ibn Sharif	Alaouite
Abdallah (5th reign)	1678 – 10 November 1757 (aged 79)	May 1743	July 1747 (deposed)	Son of Ismail Ibn Sharif	Alaouite
Al-Mostadi (3rd reign)	Died 1759	July 1747	October 1748 (deposed)	Son of Ismail Ibn Sharif	Alaouite
Abdallah (6th reign)	1678 – 10 November 1757 (aged 79)	October 1748	10 November 1757	Son of Ismail Ibn Sharif	Alaouite
Mohammed III	1710 – 9 April 1790 (aged 80)	10 November 1757	9 April 1790	Son of Abdallah	Alaouite
Yazid	1750 – 23 February 1792 (aged 42)	9 April 1790	23 February 1792	Son of Mohammed III	Alaouite
Slimane	1760 – 28 November 1822 (aged 62)	23 February 1792	28 November 1822	Son of Mohammed III	Alaouite
Abd al-Rahman	1778 – 24 August 1859 (aged 81)	28 November 1822	24 August 1859	Nephew of Slimane	Alaouite
Mohammed IV	1802 – 16 September 1873 (aged 71)	24 August 1859	16 September 1873	Son of Abd al-Rahman	Alaouite
Hassan I	1836 – 7 June 1894 (aged 58)	16 September 1873	7 June 1894	Son of Mohammed IV	Alaouite
Abdelaziz	(1878-02-24)24 February 1878 – 10 June 1943(1943-06-10) (aged 65)	7 June 1894	4 January 1908 (deposed)	Son of Hassan I	Alaouite
Abdelhafid	(1876-02-24)24 February 1876 – 4 April 1937(1937-04-04) (aged 61)	4 January 1908	12 August 1912 (abdicated)	Son of Hassan I	Alaouite
Yusef	1882 – 17 November 1927 (aged 45)	13 August 1912	17 November 1927	Son of Hassan I	Alaouite
Mohammed V (1st reign)	(1909-08-10)10 August 1909 – 26 February 1961(1961-02-26) (aged 51)	17 November 1927	20 August 1953 (deposed)	Son of Yusef	Alaouite
Mohammed Ben Aarafa	1889 – 17 July 1976 (aged 87)	20 August 1953	30 October 1955 (abdicated)	Distant relative of Mohammed V	Alaouite
Mohammed V (2nd reign)	(1909-08-10)10 August 1909 – 26 February 1961(1961-02-26) (aged 51)	16 November 1955	14 August 1957 (proclaimed King of Morocco)	Son of Yusef	Alaouite

1957–Present: Alaouite kings of Morocco

Name	Lifespan	Reign start	Reign end	Notes	Family	Image
Mohammed V محمد الخامس	(1909-08-10)10 August 1909 – 26 February 1961(1961-02-26) (aged 51)	14 August 1957	26 February 1961	Son of Yusef	Alaouite
Hassan II الحسن الثاني	(1929-07-09)9 July 1929 – 23 July 1999(1999-07-23) (aged 70)	26 February 1961	23 July 1999	Son of Mohammed V	Alaouite
Mohammed VI محمد السادس	(1963-08-21) 21 August 1963	23 July 1999	Incumbent	Son of Hassan II	Alaouite

Other websites

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