Mohammad Temim

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Mohammad Temim ({{Langx|ar|الحاج محمد تميم}}), also Haji Mohammad Temim (French: Aggi Mohamed) was an ambassador of the Moroccan king Mulay Ismail to France. Mohammad Temim was accompanied by Ali Manino,{{Cite book |last=Blunt |first=Wilfrid |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=InKgEAAAQBAJ |title=Black Sunrise: The Life and Times of Mulai Ismail, Emperor of Morocco (1646-1727) |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2022 |isbn=9781000788686 |pages=196}} as well as six other ambassadorial members.{{sfn|Matar|2003|p=xxi}} They visited Paris in 1682.{{sfn|Matar|2003|p=xxi}} He was able to explore many aspects of French intellectual and artistic life. He attended a performance of Lully's Atys. He also visited Notre-Dame de Paris where he attended an organ performance.{{sfn|Matar|2003|p=xxi}} Mohammad Temin showed great interest in arts and sciences.{{sfn|Matar|2003|p=xxii}} Upon his return, he received beautiful farewell gifts from Louis XIV.{{sfn|Matar|2003|p=xxii}}

Another Moroccan ambassador Abdallah bin Aisha would visit France in 1699-1700.{{sfn|Matar|2003|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=U09goMOOG5oC&pg=PA197 197]}}

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  • {{cite book |title=In the Lands of the Christians: Arabic Travel Writing in the Seventeenth Century |last=Matar |first=Nabil |publisher=Routledge |location=New York, London |chapter=Introduction |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224514/http://www.csun.edu/~jaa7021/hist641/matar.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url=http://www.csun.edu/~jaa7021/hist641/matar.pdf |year=2003}}

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