Mohammed al-Hajj ibn Abi Bakr ad-Dila'i
Mohammed al-Hajj ibn Abi Bakr ad-Dila'i ( Arabic أبو عبد الله محمد الحاج بن محمد بن أبي بكر الدلائي, DMG Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad al-Ḥāǧǧ b. Muḥammad b. Abī Bakr ad-Dilāʾī ; * 1588 or 1589; † 1672 in Tlemcen ) had been the leader of the Dila Brotherhood, which opposed the weak Moroccan central power of the Saadian sultans, from around 1635 .
He was the grandson of the founder of the Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad movement (1537-1612). In 1641, Mohammed al-Hajj took the city of Fez at the head of the Berber troops attached to him and was proclaimed Sultan there in 1659 . In 1663, however, the Dilaʾ brotherhood lost the city to the Alaouite army advancing from southern Morocco, and a year later they suffered a final defeat by the Sultan Moulay ar-Raschid .
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| SURNAME | ad-Dila'i, Mohammed al-Hajj ibn Abi Bakr |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | ad-Dila'i, Mohammed al-Hajj ibn Abi Bakr; أبو عبد الله محمد الحاج بن محمد بن أبي بكر الدلائي (Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Leader of the Dilāʾ brotherhood in Morocco |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 16th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1672 |
| Place of death | Tlemcen |