Testamento em que dispoz da sua ultima vontade achando-se visinho a morte Muley Ismael, Emperador de Marrocos, Rey de Fez, de Suz, de Mequinez de Numidia, e Algarves, Principe de Tafilet, Senhor de Dara, Gago, e Guinè, &c. Impresso na lingua castelhana em Sevilha, e agora novamente tradusido na Portugueza com mais correcção, tirada de outras copias. Com hum breve resumo da sua vida.

[Colophon] Lisboa Occidental, Na Officina de Pedro Ferreyra, (1727).. First Edition in Portuguese. 4°, disbound. Caption title. Five-line woodcut initial. In good to very good condition. Early ink manuscript note of translator's name in margin of first page. Old ink manuscript foliation in upper outer corners of first three leaves recto (308-310; no foliation on final leaf). (4 ll.) *** First and Only Edition in Portuguese; judging from the caption title and the note on f. 2r, Mascarenhas translated Moulay Ismaïl's will from a Spanish edition, but compiled the facts of the sultan's life from other sources.Moulay Ismaïl Ibn Sharif (1643 or 1645-1727) was one of the most famous figures in Moroccan history. After becoming the second sultan in the Alaouite dynasty in 1672, he fought a series of battles to persuade the Ottoman Turks to respect Moroccan independence and captured Tangier and other important seaports from the Spanish and English, earning himself the nickname "The Warrior King."The prologue gives details of Muley Ismaïl's ancestry and his actions, which included the murder of thousands, heavy taxes, the acquisition of hundreds of concubines and the siring of hundreds of children, and his transfer of the capital to Meknes, where he was building a huge new city and royal complex. The testament (ff. 2v-4v) includes provisions for his slaves, concubines, children, Christian slaves, the Franciscans at Meknes, counterfeiters, thieves, vagabonds, prostitutes, and Jews. At the end is a glossary of Arabic terms such as alcaçova, bamarkan, janezes, and xarife.*** Innocêncio IV, 347: giving the date as 1727. Gonçalves Rodrigues, A Tradução em Portugal 557. Coimbra, Miscelâneas 385. Porbase locates four copies, all at the Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal. Jisc locates a single copy at British Library. KVK (51 databases searched) locates only the copies cited by Porbase.