>>16471548>>16471549>>16471550>>16471566The Republic of Salé was also full of Sufis.
>At the beginning of the 17th century, Salé, on the north bank, was inhabited mainly by very devout Muslims, with an intransigent fanaticism and hostile towards Christians. Although it lived in a state of relative independence from the sultan and trade was prosperous, the city was subject to the influence of marabouts (mystics and/or religious leaders). Germain Moüette reports that «it is in this place that the richest Jewish and Moorish merchants are located»>After the assassination of El Ayachi on April 30, 1641, power was taken by the Dilaites (members of the Sufi brotherhood of Zawiya Dila'iya). Although the republic was formally maintained, it became a tributary to the Dilaites, who appointed the caïd Si Said Ajenoui in Salé a Velha, with authority over the local caïds of Kasbah and Salé a Nova>The Zawiya Dila'iya was a Sufi brotherhood from Morocco that had its military and political heyday in the 17th century. Like other zauyas (a term that designates both the shrine or mausoleum of an Islamic saint and the brotherhood he formed or linked to his cult), the Zawiya Dila'iya was, in practice, a kind of political party with great military power. His followers are sometimes referred to as Dilaites. The brotherhood emerged and had its center among the Berber tribes of the Middle Atlas Mountains 