Ali ibn Rashid al-Alami

Abu al-Hassan Ali ibn Moussa ibn Rashid al-Alami (علي بن موسى بن رشيد العلمي), also known as Sherif Moulay Ali Ben Rachid, was the founder of the city of Chefchaouen, Morocco. He was an Idrisid and descendant of Sufi saint Abd as-Salam ibn Mashish al-Alami. He was also the father of Sayyida al-Hurra, governor of Tetouan.

He founded the city of Chefchaouen in 1471 as a base from which to attack the Portuguese who had conquered Ceuta in 1415.