Abul Amlak Moulay Sharif ibn 'Ali (Arabic: مولايَ الشَّرِيف بْن عَلِيّ بْن مُحَمَّد بْن عَلِيّ بْن يوسف بْن عَلِيّ‎) – also known as Moulay Ali al-Sharif or Moulay Ali Cherif, Moulay Cherif, Moulay al-Sharif or Muhammad I – was born in 1589 and died June 5th 1659 at Sijilmasa. He was an Arab Emir of Tafilalt from 1631 to 1636. He was a Sharif whose family claimed descent from Prophet Muhammad through his grandson Hasan. He is considered to have been the founder of the Alaouite Dynasty of Morocco as the father of Sidi Mohammed, Moulay Rachid and Moulay Ismail.