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The name is a corruption of "Marrakech", a major city in the region and for a very long time the capital.
Ruler Name | Start Year | End Year | Notes | Dynasty | Kingdom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bocchus I | 111 BCE | 80 BCE | Kingdom of Mauritania | Morocco | |
Bogud I | 80 BCE | 50 BCE | Simultaneous with Wolux to 75 BCE. | Morocco | |
Wolux | 80 BCE | 75 BCE | Simultaneous with Bogud I to 75 BCE. | Morocco | |
Sos | 80 BCE | 60 BCE | Western Mauritania | Morocco | |
Bocchus II | c. 50 BCE | 31 BCE | Simultaneous with Bogud II to 38 BCE. | Morocco | |
Bogud II | c. 50 BCE | 38 BCE | Western Mauritania; co-ruled with Bocchus II to 38 BCE. | Morocco | |
To Roman Republic | 31 BCE | 27 BCE | Morocco | ||
To Roman Empire | 27 BCE | 25 BCE | Morocco | ||
Juba II | 25 BCE | 23 CE | Numidia; Simultaneous with Cleopatra Selene. | Morocco | |
Cleopatra Selene | 25 BCE | 23 CE | Simultaneous with Juba II. | Morocco | |
Ptolemy | 23 | 40 | Morocco | ||
Edemonus | 40 | 42 | Morocco | ||
To Roman Empire | 42 | 395 | Morocco | ||
To Western Roman Empire | 395 | 428 | Morocco | ||
To Kingdom of the Vandals | 428 | 534 | Morocco | ||
To Byzantine Empire | 534 | 683 | Morocco | ||
To Caliphate | 683 | 789 | Morocco | ||
Idris I ben Abdallah | 789 | 791 | Idrisid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Idris II ben Idris | 791 | 828 | Idrisid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Mohammed ben Idris | 828 | 836 | Idrisid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Ali I ben Muhammad | 836 | 849 | Idrisid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Yahya I ben Muhammad | 849 | 863 | Idrisid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Yahya II ben Yahya | 863 | 866 | Idrisid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Ali II ben Omar | 866 | 880 | Idrisid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Yahya III ben al-Qasim | 880 | 905 | Idrisid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Yahya IV ben Idris | 905 | 920 | Idrisid Dynasty | Morocco | |
To Fatimid Caliphate | 920 | 925 | Fatimid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Hassan I ben Muhammad | 825 | 927 | Idrisid Dynasty | Morocco | |
To Fatimid Caliphate | 927 | 937 | Idrisid Dynasty | Morocco | |
al-Qasim ben Ibrahim | 937 | 948 | Idrisid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Ahmad ibn al-Qasim | 948 | 954 | Idrisid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Hassan II ben al-Qasim | 954 | 974 | Idrisid Dynasty | Morocco | |
To Fatimid Caliphate | 974 | 987 | Fatimid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Ziri | 987 | 1001 | Missing from Wikipedia, there is also weird overlap, so I am following Bruce's notes as they appear to be more accurate. | Maghrawa Dynasty | Morocco |
al-Mu'izz | 1001 | 1026 | Maghrawa Dynasty | Morocco | |
Hamama | 1026 | 1040 | Maghrawa Dynasty | Morocco | |
Dunas | 1040 | 1060 | Maghrawa Dynasty | Morocco | |
al-Futuh | 1060 | 1063 | Maghrawa Dynasty | Morocco | |
Mu'ansar | 1063 | 1068 | Maghrawa Dynasty | Morocco | |
Tammim | 1068 | 1070 | Maghrawa Dynasty | Morocco | |
Vacant | 1070 | 1073 | Maghrawa Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abdallah ibn Yasin | 1040 | 1059 | Almoravid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abu Bakr ibn Umar | 1056 | 1072 | Almoravid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Yusuf ibn Tashfin | 1073 | 1106 | Matches Wikipedia. | Almoravid Dynasty | Morocco |
Ali ibn Yusuf | 1106 | 1143 | Almoravid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Tashfin ibn Ali | 1143 | 1145 | Almoravid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Ibrahim ibn Tashfin | 1146 | 1147 | Almoravid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Ishaq ibn Ali | 1147 | 1147 | Almoravid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Ibn Tumart | 1121 | 1139 | Almohad Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abd al-Mu'min | 1133 | 1163 | Almohad Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abu Yaqub Yusuf I | 1163 | 1184 | Almohad Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abu Yusuf al-Mansur Yaqub | 1184 | 1199 | Almohad Dynasty | Morocco | |
Muhammad al-Nasir | 1199 | 1213 | Almohad Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abu Yaqub al-Mustansir Yusuf II | 1213 | 1224 | Almohad Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abu Muhammad al-Makhlu Abd al-Wahid I | 1224 | 1224 | Almohad Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abu Muhammad al-Adil Abdallah | 1224 | 1227 | Almohad Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abu Zaqqariyah Yahya al-Mustasim | 1227 | 1235 | Opposed by Abu'l-'Ulah until 1232 and then by Abd al-Wahid II until 1235. | Almohad Dynasty | Morocco |
Abu'l-'Ulah al-Ma'mun Idris (Idris al-Ma'mun) | 1227 | 1232 | Opposed Yahya al-Mustasim until 1232. | Almohad Dynasty | Morocco |
Abu Muhammad al-Rashid Abd al-Wahid II | 1232 | 1242 | Opposed Yahya al-Mustasim until 1235, then ruled until 1242. | Almohad Dynasty | Morocco |
Abu'l-Hasan al-Sa'id 'Ali | 1242 | 1248 | Almohad Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abu Hafs al-Murtada 'Umar | 1248 | 1266 | Almohad Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abu'l-'Ulah Abu Dabbus al-Wathiq Idris (Idris al-Wathiq) | 1266 | 1269 | Almohad Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abd al-Haqq I | 1195 | 1217 | Marinid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Uthman ibn Abd al-Haqq | 1217 | 1240 | Marinid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Haqq | 1240 | 1244 | Marinid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqq | 1244 | 1258 | Marinid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abu Yusuf Yaqub | 1258 | 1286 | Marinid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abu Yaqub Yusuf al-Nasir | 1286 | 1307 | Marinid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abu Thabit 'Amir | 1307 | 1308 | Marinid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abu'l Rabi' Suleiman | 1308 | 1310 | Marinid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abu Sa'id Uthman II | 1310 | 1331 | Marinid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abu'l Hassan 'Ali ibn Othman | 1331 | 1348 | Marinid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abu 'Inan Faris | 1348 | 1358 | Marinid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abu Bakr ibn Faris | 1358 | 1359 | Marinid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Ibrahim ibn Ali | 1359 | 1361 | Marinid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Tashfin ibn Ali | 1361 | 1362 | Marinid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Muhammad II ibn Faris | 1362 | 1366 | Marinid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abu Faris Abd al-Aziz I | 1366 | 1372 | Marinid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Muhammad III ibn Abd al-Aziz | 1372 | 1374 | Marinid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abu'l-'Abbas Ahmad | 1374 | 1393 | Marinid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Musa ibn Faris al-Mutawakkil | 1384 | 1386 | Simultaneous to Abu'l-'Abbas. | Marinid Dynasty | Morocco |
Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Wathiq | 1386 | 1387 | Simultaneous to Abu'l-'Abbas. | Marinid Dynasty | Morocco |
Abd al-Aziz II ibn Ahmad II | 1394 | 1396 | Marinid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abdallah ibn Ahmad II | 1396 | 1398 | Marinid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abu-Sa'id 'Uthman III | 1398 | 1420 | Marinid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abu-Muhammad 'Abdul-Haqq II | 1420 | 1465 | Marinid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abu Zakariyya' Yahya | 1428 | 1448 | Regent | Wattasid Dynasty | Morocco |
Ali | 1448 | 1458 | Regent | Wattasid Dynasty | Morocco |
Yahya II | 1458 | 1459 | Regent | Wattasid Dynasty | Morocco |
Muhammad ibn Ali Idrisi-Joutey | 1465 | 1471 | At Fez. | Idrisid Dynasty | Morocco |
Abu 'Abdallah ash-Shaykh Muhammad I | 1472 | 1504 | Wattasid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abu 'Abdallah al-Burtuqali Muhammad II | 1504 | 1526 | At Marrakesh; Opposed by Abu'l Hasan 'Ali. | Wattasid Dynasty | Morocco |
Abu'l Hasan 'Ali I | 1526 | 1526 | Opposed al-Burtuqali Muhammad II. | Wattasid Dynasty | Morocco |
Abu al-Abbas Ahmad al-Wattasi ibn Muhammad | 1526 | 1545 | At Fez. | Wattasid Dynasty | Morocco |
Nasir ad-Din Muhammad III al-Qasri | 1545 | 1547 | At Fez. | Wattasid Dynasty | Morocco |
Ali Abu Hassun | 1549 | 1554 | Wattasid Dynasty | Morocco | |
Muhammad I al-Qa'im | 1511 | 1517 | At Sus. | Sa'did Dynasty | Morocco |
Ahmad al-A'raj | 1517 | 1544 | At Sus until 1524, Marrakesh afterward. | Sa'did Dynasty | Morocco |
Muhammad al-Shaykh | 1544 | 1557 | At Marrakesh until 1549, Fez afterward. | Sa'did Dynasty | Morocco |
Abu'l Hasan 'Ali I | r. 1554 | 1554 | At Fez. | Wattasid Dynasty | Morocco |
Abdallah al-Ghalib | 1557 | 1574 | Sa'did Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abu Abdallah Mohammed II | 1574 | 1576 | Sa'did Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I | 1576 | 1578 | Sa'did Dynasty | Morocco | |
Ahmad al-Mansur | 1578 | 1603 | Sa'did Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abu Faris Abdallah | 1603 | 1608 | Simultaneous with Mohammed esh-Sheikh el-Mamun, Zaydan an-Nasir, & Abdallah al-Ghalib II; At Marrakesh. | Sa'did Dynasty | Morocco |
Mohammed esh-Sheikh el-Mamun | 1603 | 1613 | Simultaneous with Abu Faris Abdallah, Zaydan an-Nasir, & Abdallah al-Ghalib II; At Fez. | Sa'did Dynasty | Morocco |
Zaydan an-Nasir | 1603 | 1627 | Simultaneous with Abu Faris Abdallah, Mohammed esh-Sheikh el-Mamun, Abd al-Malik ibn Abdallah, & Abdallah al-Ghalib II; at Marrakesh. | Sa'did Dynasty | Morocco |
Abdallah al-Ghalib II | 1603 | 1623 | Simultaneous with Zaydan an-Nasir, Abu Faris Abdallah, & Mohammed esh-Sheikh el-Mamun; At Fez | Sa'did Dynasty | Morocco |
Abd al-Malik ibn Abdallah | 1623 | 1627 | Simultaneous with Zaydan an-Nasir; At Fez | Sa'did Dynasty | Morocco |
Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II | 1627 | 1631 | Sa'did Dynasty | Morocco | |
al-Walid bin Zaydan | 1631 | 1636 | Sa'did Dynasty | Morocco | |
Muhammad esh-Sheikh es-Seghir | 1636 | 1655 | Sa'did Dynasty | Morocco | |
Ahmad al-'Abbas | 1655 | 1659 | Sa'did Dynasty | Morocco | |
Muhammad al-Hajj ad-Dila'i | 1659 | 1663 | Dila'i Dynasty | Morocco | |
Sharif ibn Ali | 1631 | 1636 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
Muhammad I ibn Sharif | 1636 | 1664 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
ar-Rashid bin Sharif | 1666 | 1672 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
Isma'il bin Sharif | 1672 | 1727 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
Ahmad bin Ismail | 1727 | 1728 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abd al-Malik bin Ismail | 1728 | 1728 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
Ahmad bin Ismail | r. 1728 | 1729 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abdallah bin Ismail | 1729 | 1734 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
Ali bin Ismail | 1734 | 1736 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abdallah bin Ismail | r. 1736 | 1736 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
Muhammad II ibn Ismail | 1736 | 1738 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
al-Mustadi bin Ismail | 1738 | 1740 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abdallah bin Ismail | rr. 1740 | 1741 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
Zin al-Abidin bin Ismail | 1741 | 1741 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abdallah bin Ismail | rrr. 1741 | 1742 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
al-Mustadi bin Ismail | r. 1742 | 1743 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abdallah bin Ismail | rrrr. 1743 | 1747 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
al-Mustadi bin Ismail | rr. 1747 | 1748 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abdallah bin Ismail | rrrrr. 1748 | 1757 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
Muhammad III bin Abdallah | 1757 | 1790 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
Hisham | 1790 | 1795 | Simultaneous with Yazid & Suleiman. At Marrakesh. | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco |
Yazid ibn Muhammad | 1790 | 1792 | Simultaneous with Suleiman & Hisham. At Fez. | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco |
Suleiman bin Muhammad | 1792 | 1822 | Simultaneous with Yazid & Hisham. At Fez 1792-95; All from 1795. | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco |
Abd al-Rahman bin Hisham | 1822 | 1859 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
Muhammad IV bin Abd al-Rahman | 1859 | 1873 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
Hassan I bin Muhammad | 1873 | 1894 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abd al-Aziz bin Hassan | 1894 | 1908 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
Abd al-Hafid bin Hassan | 1908 | 1912 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
To France | 1912 | 1956 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
Yusef bin Hassan | 1912 | 1927 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
Muhammad V bin Yusef | 1927 | 1953 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
Muhammad bin Arafa | 1953 | 1955 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
Muhammad V bin Yusef | r. 1955 | 1961 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
Hassan II bin Muhammad | 1961 | 1999 | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco | |
Muhammad VI bin Hassan | 1999 | Present | Alawi Dynasty | Morocco |
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