At a glance
- Roles
- military · Diplomat
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Summary
Leader of the tribes around Tlemcen; an enemy of Ottoman influence who became the Sa'dis' intermediary to Spain 3.
The Spanish mediation
Muhammad al-Shaykh charged him with the Spanish channel; his first letter went to the Count of Alcaudete, governor of Oran, in early Rabi' I 963/January 1555, announcing receipt of the count's letters and the sharif's and his son Abdallah's pleasure at the coming embassy for the joint campaign 2.
Connections
- Opposed
- Hasan b. Khayr al-Din Barbarossa
- Allied with
- Muhammad al-Shaykh al-Sa'di
People and things also explored
Abdallah al-Ghalib bi'llah al-Sa'di· Salih Reis· Battle of Mostaganem (965/1558)· the Sa'di attack on Tlemcen (963/1556)· Great Siege of Malta (973/1565)· Siege of Oran and Mers El Kébir (971/1563)· Abd al-Aziz b. Abbas· Abd al-Malik al-Mu'tasim bi'llah al-Sa'di
Sources
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 230
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 241
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 230-241
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islam.museum contributors. “al-Muzawwar b. Bu Ghannam”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-muzawwar-ibn-bu-ghannam/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.