Mohammed ben Abdallah

Mohammed III of Morocco
Coins of Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah, 1760-67 (Hijra 1182-1189), minted in Essaouira.
Sultan of Morocco (more..)
Reign	1748, 1757 - 1790
Predecessor	Abdallah IV
Successor	Yazid
House	House of Alaoui
Born	Fes, Morocco

Mohammed Ben Abdellah al-Khatib (c. 1710-1790) (Arabic: محمد الثالث بن عبد الله الخطيب‎) was Sultan of Morocco from 1757 to 1790 under the Alaouite dynasty. He was the governor of Marrakech around 1750 and was the son of Sultan Abdallah IV who reigned 1745-1757. He was also sultan briefly during 1748.

Rule

Mohammed ben Abdallah employed the French architect Théodore Cornut to build the model city of Essaouira.

A more open-minded ruler than many of his forebears, he signed numerous peace treaties with the European powers, and curtailed the power of the Barbary corsairs. He revived the city of Essaouira and invited Jews and English to trade there. He also built the old medina of Casablanca (Derb Tazi) and renovated the kasbah of Marrakesh. Mohammed III used numerous European technicians and architects for his projects, such as Théodore Cornut and the Englishman Ahmed el Inglizi.

Mohammed ben Abdallah also took steps to remove the foreign presence on Moroccan coasts. He repulsed the French in the 1765 Larache expedition. He conquered Mazagan from the Portuguese in 1769. However, the Siege of Melilla (1774) against the Spanish ended in defeat in 1775 when British aid failed to materialize.

Letter of George Washington to Mohammed ben Abdallah in appreciation of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, signed in Marrakech in 1787.

Commercial treaty signed by Mohammed ben Abdallah with France in 1767.

Under Mohammed III, Morocco became the first country to recognize the United States as an independent nation, in 1777.^[1] President George Washington wrote Mohammed in 1789 asking him for aid in allowing American ships to navigate nearby waters.

Other sultans named Mohammed III

Abdul Abdallah Mohammed (or Abou Fares Abdellah) was a Saadi dynasty sultan from 1603 to 1607.

See also

• Mohammed al-Duayf
• List of Kings of Morocco
• History of Morocco

Notes

1. ^ Capitalizing on the Morocco-US Free Trade Agreement: a road map for success by Gary Clyde Hufbauer, Claire Brunel p.1

References

• Morocco Alaoui dynasty
• History of Morocco

Preceded by Abdallah IV

Mohammed ben Abdallah 1757–1790

Succeeded by Yazid

Persondata
Name	Mohammed Ben Abdallah
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1710
Place of birth	Fes, Morocco
Date of death	1790
Place of death

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