In this episode we look at the strange and little known reign of Mohammed Al Burtughali : the Moroccan Wattasid sultan who spent his childhood as a Portuguese hostage and returned to rule a sultanate in shambles. Caught between Iberian expansion, Sufi-led resistance and the collapse of Wattasid authority all over the country his story raises deeper questions about what it means to lead the ruins of empire.
SOURCES
– Les Wattasides, une dynastie de transition by Mohamed Mezzine
– Histoire du Maroc by J. Brignon, Abdelaziz Amine, Brahim Boutaleb, …
– Histoire du Maroc by Daniel Rivet
– Leon l’African’s “Description de l’Afrique”
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