mulai

alternative moly · alternative mulay

1. A title for the ruler of Morocco.

   Mulay Hafiz appealed to France. France immediately responded by sending a sizable expeditionary force to occupy Morocco.

   1973, Nikshoy C Chatterji, Muddle of the Middle East, volume II, page 228

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   Moly Moluch, King of Fez, who not long since obtained that famous victory against Sebastian, King of Portugall, a notable victorie by reason of the death of three Kings, and transmission of so great a Kingdome to the crowne of Castile, chanced to be grievously sicke at what time the Portugales with armed hand entred his dominions[…].

   1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 21, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

   One very famous Sultan, Moulai Ismail of Meknes, in Morocco, had as many as 25,000 European slaves who participated in the building of his colossal stables.

   1992, Ivan van Sertima, Golden Age of the Moor, Journal of African Civilizations Ltd., 2009, p.4

   Synonyms: sultan