Mohammed al-Hajj ibn Abu Bakr al-Dila'i


Mohammed al-Hajj ibn Abu Bakr al-Dila'i was the head of the zaouia of Dila. He is the grandson of its founder Abu Bakr ibn Mohammed and brother of the scholar Abu Abdallah Mohammed al-Murabit al-Dila'i. He was proclaimed sultan of Morocco in 1659, after the fall of the Saadi dynasty.
Mohammed al-Hajj was overthrown in 1663 when its zawiyya lost Fes. He was defeated by the Alaouite sultan al-Rashid in 1668.