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Imperial Cities Of Morocco

The imperial cities of Morocco are the capitals created by the founders of successive dynasties Moroccan ( Idrissids , Almoravids , Almohad , Merinids , Saadi and Alawites ) that followed the saying of Ibn Khaldun , "With great king, big city.

Fez , founded by Sultan Idrisid Idris ^I. in 789 ;
Marrakech , founded by Sultan Almoravid Youssef Ibn Tasufin in 1062 ;
Rabat , founded by the Almohad Sultan Abd al-Mumin in 1150 ;
Meknes , founded by the Alawite sultan Moulay Ismail in 1672 , the capital of Morocco from 1672 to 1727;