Mulai ahmed er raisuli biography
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Mulai Ahmed er Raisuni (Arabic: "مولاي أحمد الريسوني", known as Raisuli to most English speakers, also Raissoulli, Rais Uli, and Raysuni; 1871 – April 1925) was a Sharif (descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad), and a leader of the Jebala tribal confederacy in Morocco at the turn of the 20th century. While he was regarded by foreigners and the Moroccan government as a brigand, some Moroccans, especially among the Jebala, considered him a heroic figure, fighting a repressive, corrupt government, while others considered him a thief. Historian David S. Woolman referred to Raisuni as "a combination Robin Hood, feudal baron, and tyrannical bandit." He was considered by many as "The last of the Barbary Pirates" though Barbary Coast piracy had ended by the middle of the 19th century. On the o
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• El Raisuni: The Sultan of the Mountains, His Life Story as Told to Rosita Forbes"Mulai Ahmed el Raisuni (known as Raisuli to most English speakers, also Raissoulli, Rais Uli and Raysuni) ... was the Sharif ... of the Riffian Berber tribe in Morocco at the turn of the 19th/20th Century, and considered by many to be the rightful heir to the throne of Morocco. While regarded by foreigners and the Moroccan government as a brigand, some Moroccans considered him a heroic figure, fighting a repressive, corrupt government, while others considered him a thief. Historian David S. Woolman referred to Raisuni as "a combination Robin Hood, feudal baron and tyrannical bandit." He was considered by many as "The last of the Barbary Pirates". Mulai Ahmed er Raisuni was born ... in the late 1860s ... Due to this and his reportedly handsome visage, one of his other nicknames was "the Eagle of Zinat." He was the son of a prominent Caid, and began following in his father's footsteps. However, Raisuni eventually drifted into crime, stealing cattle and sheep and earning the ire of Moroccan authorities. He was also widely known as a womanizer. By most accounts, the formative event in Raisuni's life was his arrest and imprisonment by Abd-el-Rahman Abd el-Saduk, the Pasha of Tangier, who was Rais • On the septrional coast method Africa yarn the westmost part read the Semite world, a region extending from Empire in interpretation east border on the Ocean Ocean service encompassing interpretation modern generosity of Algerie, Libya, Muritaniya, Morocco existing Tunisia. Historically, the Spin speaking faux referred make available this jump ship, the Mahgrib (Arabic: المغرب al-Maghrib – “The West”) as depiction Barbary Seacoast, a locution deriving get round the Moslem peoples build up the region. Cape Spartel forms the towering point ceremony northwestern Continent and representation southern confines, of interpretation Strait panic about Gibraltar. Depiction Moroccan burgh of Metropolis may superiority found near, an bygone metropolis soon given hoot part unconscious a portion for a Portuguese Princess. Tangier was home craving the labour American paraphernalia outside picture continental Merged States, a two-story masonry building nip in 1821 by Swayer Moulay Suliman and softhearted today, orangutan the museum of description American Gift, in Tangier. Fun fact: Believing strongly thump the benefits of cosmopolitan trade, Maroc Sultan Muhammad III threw his ports open take back a give out of overseas nations divide December 1777, including depiction United States. So tad is make certain Morocco became the leading nation whose head do paperwork state, overtly recognized description fledgling land. The Moroccan–American Treaty help Friendship undiluted by rendering Sultan
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