Abu Abd Allah al-Burtuqali Muhammad ibn Muhammad

{{Short description|Sultan of Morocco from 1504 to 1526}}

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| type = Sultan

| name = Muhammad al-Burtuqali or Muhammad al-Bortogali

| succession = Sultan of Morocco

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| caption = Silver coins minted during the reign of Muhammad al-Burtuqali

| reign = 1504–1526

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| successor1 = Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad

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| house = Wattasid

| house-type = Dynasty

| father = Abu Abd Allah al-Sheikh Muhammad ibn Yahya

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| birth_date = 1464

| birth_place = Fez, Morocco

| death_date = 1526 (aged 62)

| death_place = Morocco

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| religion = Sunni Islam

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Muhammad al-Burtuqali, (full name Abu Abd Allah al-Burtuqali Muhammad ibn Muhammad, Arabic : أبو عبد الله محمد البرتقالي) succeeded his father Abu Abd Allah al-Sheikh Muhammad ibn Yahya to become the second Wattasid Sultan of Morocco in 1504. He died in 1526 and was succeeded by his son Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad.

Muhammad al-Burtuqali earned the nickname of Al-Bortogali after being held as a hostage for seven years by the Portuguese.{{Cite book|pages=55|title=The Moor's account|last=Lalami|first=Laila|date=2014|publisher=Simon & Schuster Canada|isbn=978-1476794105|location=New York|oclc=892506591}}{{Better source needed|reason=The book cited is an historical novel|date=March 2022}}

Sultan Muhammad al-Burtughali was the sultan that sent Leo Africanus and his uncle on a mission to Timbuktu. This journey gave Leo Africanus material for the Description of Africa.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j3w07y2oRu8C&q=wattasid&pg=PA709|title=Literature of Travel and Exploration: G to P|editor-last=Speake|editor-first=Jennifer|editor-link=Jennifer Speake|date=2003|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-57958-424-5|language=en}}

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