Dowager

Dowager

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 Sultana

Sultana (title)

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 Khnata bent Bakkar (خناتة بنت بكار) was de facto

De facto

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ruler

Ruler

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 of 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...

 from 1727 to ca. 1754. Also known as Hinata binti Bakar al-Gul, she acted as First Minister

First Minister

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 and Secretary

Secretary

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 for her husband Ismail Ibn Sharif

Ismail Ibn Sharif

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, who reigned from 1672 to 1729. After his death followed a period of internal turmoil, where she remained the de facto ruler, during the reign of her husband's ten sons with various wives, who were all deposed, however she managed to lead Morocco out of the disastrous situation.

She was the author of a commentary on the work of Ibn Haggar al-Asqalani: Al-Isaba fi Marifat as-Sabaha and of several letters a.o. a letter to the inhabitants of Oujda

Oujda

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, advising and consoling them on their plight as neighbors of the Ottoman Turks

Ottoman Empire

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.

She was buried in the mausoleum at Fez al-Jadid.

External Links

• Khnata bent Bakkar (retrieved July 7 2010)