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As-Sayid

Abu Bakr Ibn Abi Zaid as-Slawi
قائد الدار البيضاء محتجز على متن سفينة فرنسية
Native name
أبو بكر بن أبي زيد السلاوي

Abu Bakr Ibn Abi Zaid as-Slawi (Arabic language: أبو بكر بن أبي زيد السلاوي‎) was the pasha, or qaid, of Casablanca, Morocco and the representative of the Makhzen in the city at the time of the French bombardment and invasion of the city August 5-7, 1907.[1][2]

Biography[]

He was originally from Salé, Morocco. He was captured and detained aboard a French ship.[3] French authorities transferred him to Algiers, which was under French control at the time.[4] Muhammad Torres negotiated with the French authorities for his release.[4]

He returned to Salé and lived as a Sufi mystic at a shrine there until his death. He was interred in Salé.

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