Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1578, ko te tuakana o Ahmad, ko Sultan Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I, i mate i te pakanga ki te ope Portuguese i
Ko Ksar-el-Kebir. I whakaingoatia a Ahmad hei kaiwhaiwhai mo tona tuakana ka tiimata tana kingitanga i waenga i te mana nui me te taonga i riro mai i te utu mo nga whakarau Portuguese.