Ali Abu Hassun

Ali Abu Hassun , also Abu al Hasan Abu Hasun or Abu Hasun, full name Abu al-Hasan Abu Hasun Ali ibn Muhammad (died September 1554), was a regent of the Crown from the Wattasid dynasty during the 16th century.

Life In 1545, he succeeded Sultan Ahmad, who had been taken prisoner by his southern rivals the Saadians. Ali Abu Hassun became regent for Ahmad's young son Nasir al-Qasiri. Sultan Ahmad died that year, and Ali Abu Hassun again became regent, but since his country was occupied by the Saadians, he was offered asylum in Ottoman Algiers. Abu Hassun was captured and held in strict captivity in Algiers before offering his vassalage to Salah Reis. Ali Abu Hassun was able with the help of the Ottomans under Salah Rais to reconquer Fez in 1554, The Jazoulite Sufi brotherhoods and the followers of Sidi Ahmed Ben Youssef, repressed by the Saadi ruler, were too ready to support the Wattasid ruler Abu Hassun.