Hisham bin Mohammed

Moulay Hisham ben Mohammed (Arabic: هشام بن محمد), born in 1748 and died in July 1798 in Marrakesh,^[1] was Sultan of Morocco from 1792 to 1797. He was proclaimed sultan during the reign of his half-brother Yazid of Morocco, and ended up abandoning the throne when his followers proclaimed Sulayman bin Mohammed their legitimate ruler.

Hisham bin Mohammed هشام بن محمد
Sultan of Morocco (more..)
Reign	1792–1797
Predecessor	al-Yazid bin Mohammed
Successor	Sulayman bin Mohammed
Born	1748
Died	July 1798 Marrakesh, Morocco
Issue	Sultan Moulay Abd al-Rahman
House	'Alawi dynasty
Father	Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah
Mother	Princess Lalla Fatima bint Suleiman
Religion	Sunni Islam

Life

Moulay Hisham was a son of Sidi Mohammed III and his wife Princess Lalla Fatima bint Suleiman.^[2] He was proclaimed Sultan in 1792 by the Marrakesh inhabitants, the Rhamna and the Houz tribes during the reign of Sultan Moulay Yazid.^[3] At Tâzkourt happened a battle between Moulay Hisham and his half-brother Sultan Moulay Zayid^[4] who was victorious but perished few days later on February 23, 1792, succumbing to an injury.^[4][3] When Moulay Yazid died in 1792, Moulay Sulayman was proclaimed Sultan in Fez^[5] and in 1797 Moulay Hicham was abandoned by his supporters who recognized Moulay Sulayman as their legitimate sovereign and abnegated Moulay Hicham as their sultan.^[1] As a fallen sovereign, he initially found asylum at zaouia el-Cherradi,^[1] before being assigned a residence in Rabat by Moulay Sulayman,^[1] until he was granted permission to travel to Marrakesh where he died.^[1] Moulay Hicham and his wife a lady of the Jirari family^[6] are the parents of Sultan Moulay Abderrahmane, Moulay Sulayman's designed heir.