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Abu al-Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad also Sultan Ahmad or Ahmed el Outassi was a Sultan of the Moroccan Wattasid dynasty. He ruled from 1526 to 1545 and again between 1547 and 1549.In 1532 Ahmad ibn Muhammad sent a letter to Francis I of France through trader Hémon de Molon encouraging the French king to develop trade relations. In 1533 Francis I of France sent as ambassador to Ahmad ibn Muhammad in the person of colonel Pierre de Piton.