The 1705 The sawing of Alcaide Melec One of the most notorious cases of sawing as execution is that of the Alcaide (castellan/governor) Melec under Sultan Moulay Ishmael (r. 1672–1727). The fullest description of this execution is found in Dominique Busnot's[27] 1714 work Histoire du règne de...
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