Saint Aḥmad ibn ʻĀshir

Ahmed ben Mohammed ben Omar ben Achir al-Andaloussi, known as Sidi ben Achir or Ahmed ben Achir (variant: ben Acher), born in Jimena in the region of Cadiz, Al-Andalus, and died in 1364 in Salé, is one of the principal saints of the city of Salé, alongside Sidi Abdellah ben Hassoun and Sidi Ahmed Hajji. His mausoleum is located on the western point of Salé, giving its name to the neighboring Addoumoue bastion, commonly called Borj Sidi ben Achir. The mausoleum was restored by the Alaouite sultans Moulay Abdellah ibn Ismail and Moulay Abderrahmane ibn Hicham, and starting in 2012, by HM King Mohammed VI. The Salé family of Amar is affiliated with him.