Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi
| Abd al-Malik أبو مروان عبد الملك الغازي | |||||||||
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Abd al-Malik crushed the Portuguese at the Battle of Alcácer Quibir in 1578. | |||||||||
| Sultan of Morocco | |||||||||
| Reign | 1576 – 1578 | ||||||||
| Predecessor | Abu Abdallah Mohammed | ||||||||
| Successor | Ahmad al-Mansur | ||||||||
| Born | c. 1541 Marrakesh Morocco Saadi Sultanate | ||||||||
| Died | 4 August 1578 (aged 37) Qasr al-Kabir Morocco | ||||||||
| Burial | August 1578 | ||||||||
| Spouse | Zahara bint Agi Morato | ||||||||
| Issue | Moulay Ismail al-Sâadi | ||||||||
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| Dynasty | Saadian dynasty | ||||||||
| Father | Mohammed al-Shaykh | ||||||||
| Mother | Sahaba al-Rehmania | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
| Military career | |||||||||
| Allegiance | Morocco (1554–1557) Ottoman (1557–1576) Morocco (1576–1578) | ||||||||
| Years of service | (c. 1554 – 1578) | ||||||||
| Battles / wars | Battle of Tadla (1554) Battle of Lepanto (1571) Conquest of Tunis (1574) Battle of al-Rukn (1576) Battle of al-Makhazin (1578) | ||||||||
Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I (Arabic: أبو مروان عبد الملك الغازي), often simply Abd al-Malik or Mulay Abdelmalek, (b. 1541 – d. 4 August 1578) was the Saadian Sultan of Morocco from 1576 until his death right after the Battle of al-Kasr al-Kabir against Portugal in 1578.