Abu Abdallah Mohammed II Saadi

Abdallah Mohammed Al-Mutawakkil
Sultan of Morocco
Reign	1574 - 1576
Full name	Abu Abdallah Mohammed II Saadi
Died	1578
Place of death	Battle of Alcazarquivir
Successor	Abdallah Mohammed
Religious beliefs	Islam

Abu Abdallah Mohammed II, Al-Mutawakkil, often simply Abdallah Mohammed (reigned 1574–1576, died in 1578) was the oldest son of Abdallah al-Ghalib and became the sultan of Morocco after his father's death.

Immediately after his accession to the throne he had one of his brothers executed and another (Mulay en-Naser the governor of Tadla) imprisoned.

His uncle Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I, who was like Abdallah al-Ghalib a son of Mohammed ash-Sheikh, had already fled to the Ottoman Empire in Constantinople in 1574.^[1] Back in Ottoman Algeria, Al-Malik succeeded in organising his own army, consisting of Ottoman soldiers, and in 1576 he invaded Morocco conquered Fez from his nephew, in the Capture of Fez. The first battle was in al-Rukn in the lands of Banu waritin, near Fez. In a second battle near Salé (Rabat) in Jandaq al-Rayhan, Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I also defeated his nephew. A third battle, also won by Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I, took place in Tarudante.

Both Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I and Abu Abdallah Mohammed II died two years later in the Battle of Alcazarquivir, in 1578. In that battle, Abu Abdallah Mohammed II fought his last battle against his uncle Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I with the help of his Portuguese allies.

Notes

1. ^ Cervantes in Algiers: a captive's tale by María Antonia Garcés, p.277 note 39

See also

• List of rulers of Morocco
• History of Morocco
• Saadi dynasty

Preceded by Abdallah al-Ghalib

Saadi dynasty 1574–1576

Succeeded by Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I

Persondata
Name	Saadi, Abu Abdallah Mohammed II
Alternative names
Short description	the oldest son of Abdallah al-Ghalib and was recognised as the legitimate sultan of Morocco after al-Ghalib's death
Date of birth	1574
Place of birth	-1576
Date of death	1578
Place of death	1578) was the oldest son of Abdallah al-Ghalib and was recognised as the legitimate sultan of Morocco after al-Ghalib's death