Mohammed ben Hadou

Mohammed ben Hadou (Arabic: محمد بن حدو أعطار), also Mohammad bin Hadou, Mohammad bin Hadu or Muhammad ben Haddu al'Attar, was a Moroccan ambassador sent to the English court of Charles II by Muley Ismail in 1681–82.

[4] His six-month visit to England was highly commented upon, publicized in the London Gazette[4] and was even the subject of occasional poems.

[2][6] John Evelyn recorded that he was "the fashion of the season",[2] and commented on him that he was "a handsome person, well featured and of a wise look, subtile and extremely civile".

[2] England Socinians wrote letters for Mohammed bin Hadou to remit to Mulay Ismail, in which they praised God for having "preserved your Emperor and his people in the excellent knowledge of that truth touching your belief in a onely sovereign God, who has no distinct [...] or plurality of persons", and praising "Mahomet" for being "a scourge on those idolizing Christians".

[10] During his stay Mohammed bin Hadou's interpreter Lucas apparently married an English servant who would accompany the lot back to Morocco.