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Type | monarch |
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Name | Mohammed III of Morocco |
Succession | Sultan of Morocco |
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Caption | Coins of Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah, 1760-67 (Hijra 1182-1189), minted in Essaouira. |
Reign | 1748, 1757 - 1790 |
Predecessor | Abdallah IV |
Successor | Yazid |
House | House of Alaoui |
Birth place | Fes, Morocco |
Mohammed ben Abdallah also took steps to remove the foreign presence on Moroccan coasts. He repulsed the French in the 1765 Larache expedition. He conquered Mazagan from the Portuguese in 1769. However, the Siege of Melilla (1774) against the Spanish ended in defeat in 1775 when British aid failed to materialize.
to Mohammed ben Abdallah in appreciation of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, signed in Marrakech in 1787.]] Under Mohammed III, Morocco became the first country to recognize the United States as an independent nation, in 1777. President George Washington wrote Mohammed in 1789 asking him for aid in allowing American ships to navigate nearby waters.
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