Khadir Ghaïlan (Library of Congress,Ahmad al Khādir ibn 'Ali Ghaylān; generally known to English-speakers asGayland orGuyland) was a powerfulwarlord inMorocco during the seventeenth century.^[1] He controlled large swathes of the region until his death in September 1672 at the hands ofMoulay Rashid.^[2] During the 1660s, he was noted for his clashes with theAnglo-Irish garrison atTangier. Despite gaining a success over the garrison at theBattle of Tangier (1664) he was never able to seriously threaten the port. He agreed a number oftruces with the Governors of Tangier.

The play "The Heir of Morocco, with the Death of Gayland" written byElkanah Settle in 1682 was a political attack onJohn Dryden, and is entirely fictional in respect of the characters used.^[3]

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