In 1659, Mohammed al-Hajj ibn Abu Bakr al-Dila'i, the head of the zaouia of Dila,E. George H. Joffé, North Africa: nation, state, and region, Routledge 1993, p. 19 was proclaimed sultan of Morocco after the fall of the Saadi dynasty.Michaël Peyron, « Dila‘ », in: Gabriel Camps (dir.), Encyclopédie berbère – Chp. XV. Édisud 1995, pp.2340–2345 ()
