Ali ibn Rashid al-Alami

Abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Moussa ibn Rashid al-Alami (Arabic: أبو الحسن علي بن موسى بن راشد العلمي, romanized: Abū al-Ḥasan ‘Ali ibn Mūsā ibn Rāshid al-‘Alamī), also known as Sherif Moulay Ali Ben Rachid, was the founder of the city of Chefchaouen, Morocco. He was an Idrisid^[1] and descendant of Sufi saint Abd as-Salam ibn Mashish al-Alami.^[2] He was also the father of Sayyida al-Hurra, governor of Tetouan.

He founded the city of Chefchaouen in 1471 as a base from which to attack the Portuguese who had conquered Ceuta in 1415.

References and notes

^ R., Pennell, C. (2003). Morocco : from empire to independence. Oxford: Oneworld Book. p. 73. ISBN 9781851686346. OCLC 243549367.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Al-Huwwat, Sulayman: Al-rawda al-maqsuda wa-l-hulal al mamduda fi ma âthir Bani Suda vol 2, p. 602

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[1] R., Pennell, C. (2003). Morocco : from empire to independence. Oxford: Oneworld Book. p. 73. ISBN 9781851686346. OCLC 243549367.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] Al-Huwwat, Sulayman: Al-rawda al-maqsuda wa-l-hulal al mamduda fi ma âthir Bani Suda vol 2, p. 602

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