Abu Abdallah al-Qa'im

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Abu Abdallah Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Qa'im bi-Amrillah ( Arabic أبو عبد الله محمد المهدي القائم بأمر الله, DMG Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad al-Mahdī al-Qāʾim bi-Amri 'llāh ; † 1517 ) was Sheikh of the Saadians in Morocco from 1505 to 1517.

Even if the Ouattasids succeeded in overthrowing the Merinids after 1465 , they were never able to establish a strong rule in the whole country despite formal recognition. This weakness of the Ouattasids was exploited by Portugal to occupy all of Morocco's Atlantic ports and to extend its influence inland. An armistice concluded by the Ouattasids with Portugal in 1471 was rejected by large groups of the population.

In this situation, Sheikh Abu Abdallah al-Qa'im (1505-1517) began to organize the resistance against the Portuguese. As a sherif and leader of the Banu Saad, he succeeded from 1510 in uniting the Muslim brotherhoods and marabouts in southern Morocco. The center of his rule was Taroudannt east of Agadir . In order to create the economic conditions for the fight against the Portuguese, Abu Abdallah al-Qaim set up a central administration and promoted trade with Europe through the cultivation of sugar cane and the trans-Saharan trade . He thus created the basis for the Saadians to rise to the ruling dynasty under his sons Ahmed al-Araj and Mohammed ech-Cheikh .

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