John Harrison was an English representative in Morocco

Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

 in the 17th century.

James I of England

James I of England

James VI and I was King of Scots as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the English and Scottish crowns on 24 March 1603...

 sent John Harrisson to Muley Zaydan in Morocco in 1610 and again in 1613 and 1615 in order to obtain the release of English captives.

John Harrison negotiated a Treaty with Sidi al-Ayachi

Sidi al-Ayachi

Sidi al-Ayachi, also el-Ayachi or al-Ayashi , was a Moroccan marabout and warlord, who decided to make secession from the Sultan of Morocco Mulay Zaidan....

 the independent governor of Salé

Salé

Salé is a city in north-western Morocco, on the right bank of the Bou Regreg river, opposite the national capital Rabat, for which it serves as a commuter town...

 in May 1627, who had risen a month before against the authority of the Sultan Mulay Zaidan. Salé became a sort of independent Republic.

He published an account about the Sultan Mulay Abd al-Malik

Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II

Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II, also known as Abd el-Malik II was a Sultan of Morocco from 1627 to 1631.After the expeditions of Isaac de Razilly to Morocco, he signed a Franco-Moroccan treaty with France in 1631, giving France preferential treatment, known as Capitulations: preferential tariffs, the...

in 1633.

Works

• The Tragical Life and Death of Muley Abdala Melek the late King of Barbarie Printed at Delph, Anno 1633