In 1591, Morocco invaded the Songhai Empire under Ahmad al-Mansur of the Saadi Dynasty in order to secure the goldfields of the Sahel.

In 1559, the region fell to successive Arab tribes claiming descent from the Prophet Muhammad: first the Saadi Dynasty who ruled from 1554 to 1659 and then the Alaouites, who founded a dynasty that has remained in power since the 17th century.

It was only with the coming to power of the Saadi Dynasty that the sovereignty of Morocco over the western part of the Sahara became complete again: Also, the Spanish established Villa Cisneros in 1502 to extend their empire.

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* March 13 – Battle of Tondibi: In Mali, Moroccan forces of the Saadi Dynasty led by Judar Pasha defeat the Songhai Empire, despite being outnumbered by at least five to one.

Following the death of Emperor Askia Daoud, a civil war of succession weakened the Empire, leading Sultan Ahmad I al-Mansur of the Saadi Dynasty of Morocco to dispatch an invasion force ( years earlier, armies from Portugal had attacked Morocco, and failed miserably, but the Moroccan coffers were on the verge of economic depletion and bankruptcy, as they needed to pay for the defenses used to hold off the siege ) under the eunuch Judar Pasha.

Governing so vast an empire proved too much for the Saadi Dynasty however, and they soon relinquished control of the region, letting it splinter into dozens of smaller kingdoms.

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Under the Saadi Dynasty Taroudant had its golden age, particularly under the reign of Mohammed ash-Sheikh.

He was a member of the Saadi Dynasty.

Meanwhile, to the north, the Saadi Dynasty of Morocco was at the height of its power, having just annihilated a Portuguese army at the Battle of Ksar el Kebir.

The city experienced great difficulty in making peace with its neighbours to the east, and sometimes to the west, because of its position in respect to the clashes between the Saadi dynasty and Turks.

One law forbade announcing the name of any football player with the exception of Saadi.

Saadi, the leader of the Baathists, established a one-party state with little tolerance for opposing views.

In October 2009, Human Rights adjudicator Faisal Bhabha ( who at the time served as the Vice-chair of the Tribunal ), ordered Maxcine Telfer, the operator of Audmax Inc., a settlement service that contracts with the federal government to help immigrant women fit into Canadian society, to pay $ 36, 000 to Seema Saadi for terminating her employment after six weeks.

On 5 September, Saadi Gaddafi said in an interview with CNN that an " aggressive " speech by his brother Saif al-Islam had led to the breakdown of the negotiations between NTC forces and Gaddafi loyalists in Bani Walid.

* The Tent of Abraham: Stories of Hope and Peace for Jews, Christians, & Muslims ( with Sister Joan Chittister OSB and Murshid Saadi Shakur Chisti ( Neil Douglas-Klotz ); Beacon 2006 ).

Abd al-Malik was one of the sons of the Saadi Sultan Mohammed ash-Sheikh, who was assassinated by the Ottomans in 1557 by order of Hasan Pasha, son of Barbarossa, as he was preparing for an alliance with Spain against the Ottomans.

The pieces which made it into the book were selected through an anonymous submissions process with an OpenInk editor Elizabeth Reeder and guest editors, Meaghan Delahunt and Suhayl Saadi, choosing the final pieces.

* 365 days with Saadi: 2002

Taza's city walls, raised in the 12th century and frequently enlarged on later occasions were equipped with a Borj or fortified tower 26 metres ( 85 ft ) wide at the base by the Saadi Ahmed el-Mansour in the 16th century.

He's lined up two more films for production the multi star cast Saadi Love Story in which he's cast Diljit Dosanjh, Amrinder Gill, Neeru Bajwa, Surveen Chawla and himself in a cameo and another film titled Rangeelay which casts him in the lead with Neha Dhupia and also great panjabi singer Babbu Maan.

The carpet bears the distichs and quatrains – verses and sections from the poems by Ferdosi, Saadi, Hafiz, Sheikh Attar, with some sage maxims and adages about love.

" His majesty ( Akbar ) pays much attention to various stuffs ; hence Irani, Ottoman, and Mongolian articles of wear are in much abundance especially textiles embroidered in the patterns of Nakshi, Saadi, Chikhan, Ari, Zardozi, Wasli, Gota and Kohra.

According to the poet Saadi Shirazi: Arslan possessed a fort, which raised at the height of Alwand, from all were those within its walls, for its roads were a labyrinth, like the curls of a bride.

* Narratives from Sufi writers, to name a few: Sanai, Attar, Rumi, Saadi, Amir Khusrow

But it was only when Abu Abdallah Mohammed II Saadi went to Portugal and asked for Sebastian's help in recovering his throne from his uncle that Sebastian decided to mount a military effort.

He gave his support to Abu Abdallah Mohammed II Saadi, who was engaged in a civil war to recover the throne of Morocco from his uncle, the Emir Abd Al-Malik-who was aided by the Ottomans.

In 1471, the Portuguese settlers from Asilah and Tangier drove the inhabitants out of Larache, and again it remained uninhabited until the Saadi Sultan Mohammed ash-Sheikh decided to repopulate it and build a stronghold on the plateau above river Loukos.

– 4 August 1578 ), was the Saadi Sultan of Morocco from 1576 until his death right after the Battle of Ksar El Kebir against Portugal in 1578.

The Saadi dynasty or Saadian dynasty ( Arabic: سعديون ), original name Bani Zaydan, were a dynasty of Arab descent that ruled Morocco from 1554 to 1659.

The Saadi came from Tagmadert in the valley of the Draa River.

The name Saadi or Saadian derives from " sa ' ada " meaning hapiness or salvation.

The translation by Farouk Abdel Wahab, Najat Rahman, and Carolina Hotchandani is from the volume Iraqi Poetry Today ( ISBN 0-9533824-6-X ) ( c ) 2003, edited by Saadi Simawe.

Ahmad I al-Mansur (, also El-Mansour Eddahbi Golden, ; and Ahmed el-Mansour ) ( 1549 in Fes – 25 August 1603, outskirts of Fes ) was Sultan of the Saadi dynasty from 1578 to his death in 1603, the sixth and most famous of all rulers of the Saadis.

In search of new resources for his kingdom, Sultan Ahmad I al-Mansur Saadi turned his attention to the empire of the Songhai where he erroneously believed the gold mines from which its wealth came from, were located.

Instead, he was given a Muslim burial ( at his behest ) and interred at Highgate Cemetery alongside fellow Muslim Communist, Iraqi Saad Saadi Ali, and a few metres away from the grave of Karl Marx.

* Abdul Abdallah Mohammed III Saadi, Sultan of Morocco from 1603 to 1608