Talk:Ismail Ibn Sharif

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I really cannot find any Internet resource about Moulay Ismail that doesn't just mention him in passing. Does anyone know of other sources? --cprompt

[edit] White Gold by Giles Milton

Just having read "White Gold : The Extraordinary Story of Thomas Pellow and North Africa's One Million European Slaves" by Giles Milton, I think you'll find plenty of references to Moulay Ismael in that book. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 131.130.120.218 (talk • contribs) .

I also read "White Gold", which makes me curious about the wording of this Article. "Christian prisoners" vs. "slaves from sub-Saharan Africa". The Christians were slaves as well. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 168.75.97.126 (talk • contribs) .

[edit] Some facts

According to this page he reigned from April 14, 1672 to March 21, 1727. Also, many sources say he was born in 1646 (couln't find an accurate date). This goes along with the statement that he died aged 80, but the 1645 given here doesn't.

Later editions of Guinness put the number of his offspring at 867 (525 sons, 342 daughters) as of 1703, also mentioning that his 700th child was born in 1721. I think the category was last featuren in the 1999 edition. Earlier editions gave the same numbers as the article here.

I'd say he probably had over 1,200 children by the time of his death, but I've never seen a final count. Notice that all the figures here are for first generation offspring only; Lord knows how many total offspring (including grandchildren, great-grandchildren etc.) he had by the time he died. He nonetheless holds the record for most offspring, even if only a portion of them have been accounted for.

[edit] "Moulay"

As someone living in Meknes, I would like to point out that "Mawlay" is, to Moroccans, a completely incorrect spelling of the word. Shouldn't we spell it the way it's spelled in the country of origin?