AMEXEM: The Eternal Sovereignty of the Moors

• ~2500 BCE – Akkad (Sumeria/Mesopotamia): Semitic-speaking people establish the Akkadian Empire. The black-skinned ruling elites are later mythologized in Sumerian tablets and referenced in Islamic tafsir. Early precursor to later Moorish-Islamic claims of Semitic lineage.
• ~2200 BCE – Kemet (Ancient Egypt): Dynasties 5 through 11 show strong Nubian and Semitic genetic integration, evidenced by cranial remains and DNA samples. Semitic tribes (e.g. Canaanites, Moabites) settle in the Nile Delta.
• ~1500 BCE – Moab & Canaan: Lineages of Moab, Ishmael, and Midian emerge in biblical and Qur’anic narratives. These groups are later encoded into the Moorish oral identity as “Moors = descendants of Moab.”

• 622 CE – Hijrah (Medina): Prophet Muhammad establishes the Constitution of Medina, a multi-tribal charter safeguarding Semitic and African peoples. This document becomes a precursor to Moorish constitutionalism.
• 711 CE – Tariq ibn Ziyad crosses Gibraltar: Launches the Moorish conquest of Iberia, establishing Al-Andalus.
• 929 CE – Caliphate of Córdoba declared: Moorish Spain becomes the global center of science, architecture, navigation, and jurisprudence. Moorish nobles marry into Christian royal lines—this DNA survives in today’s European monarchies.

• 1492 CE – Fall of Granada: Nasrid dynasty surrenders to Ferdinand and Isabella. Edict of Expulsion targets Moors and Jews alike. But Moorish knowledge doesn’t disappear—it sails west.
• 1500s – Moorish mariners reach the Americas: Maps, linguistic evidence, and even Islamic inscriptions found in pre-Columbian sites across Mexico, Brazil, and the Mississippi Delta (see sources from Ivan Van Sertima, Barry Fell, and DNA migration patterns).
• 1567–1609 CE – Morisco expulsions & enslavement: Spain launches a series of laws forcing Moors to convert or be exiled. Survivors scatter to North Africa, the Ottoman Empire, and the New World.

• 1790 CE – Moors Sundry Act (South Carolina): Free Moors are legally distinguished from African slaves, protected under the 1787 Treaty with Morocco.
• 1800s – Forced reclassification: Moors are renamed “colored,” “negro,” “mulatto,” and “freedmen.” Their original tribal, religious, and civic identities are stripped in censuses and court records.
• 1913 CE – Noble Drew Ali founds Moorish Science Temple: The first legal, spiritual, and diplomatic revival of Moorish identity in the Americas. Reasserts connection to Amexem and titles “Bey” and “El.”

• 1933–2025 CE – State-level resolutions, court filings, global DNA confirmation, and digital restoration efforts reaffirm the Moorish claim to indigenous, Semitic, and sovereign identity.
• You, the reader, now stand in this moment. The scroll is open. The map is visible again.

We the Moors… are citizens of the Moroccan Empire, now residing in the United States.”

— Treaty Text, Article 6 Interpretation

• Date Signed: July 18, 1787
• Parties: U.S. Congress under the Articles of Confederation and Sultan Muhammad III of Morocco
• Legal Weight: Still recognized as the longest unbroken treaty in U.S. history.
• Implication for Moors: Establishes that Moors residing in the U.S. at the time were to be treated as foreign nationalswith the rights of protection under international law—not slaves, stateless persons, or “negroes.”

• Declares that Free Moors from Morocco are not subject to laws governing “Negroes and slaves.”
• Legal status confirmed by treaty—they are entitled to fair trials and civil standing.
• Earliest state-level distinction of Moorish identity in U.S. law.

• Formally recognizes the Moorish American Society and their right to self-identify using titles like “El” and “Bey.”
• Commends their promotion of civic responsibility, historical education, and community development.
• Serves as a state-level recognition of the Moorish Science Temple of America and its constitutional principles.

• 2010 & 2013 UPR filings by Yamassee Moors, At-sik-hata Nation, and others assert Moorish tribal status, indigenous rights, and treaty protections.
• Submissions cite:
  • Forced reclassification and genocide
  • Denial of religious and tribal self-identification
  • Legal discrimination and failure to uphold the 1787 Treaty
• Relevant Resolutions Referenced:
  • UN General Assembly Resolution 60/251 (Establishing the HRC)
  • UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)

• Georgia (2014): House Resolution 1203 designates January 8–15 as Moorish American Week, citing cultural, civic, and historical contributions.
• Illinois (2012): House Resolution 689 affirms the influence of Moorish Americans and supports their week of religious observance and historic commemoration.
• Other States: Similar proclamations issued by cities and counties in Michigan, California, and New Jersey—acknowledging Moorish Americans as a cultural minority and indigenous people.

• While some “Moorish Sovereign Citizen” groups have misused this identity in pseudo-legal arguments, the historical and treaty-backed Moorish claim is legally distinct and rooted in:
  • International treaties (Morocco–U.S.)
  • Constitutional rights to religious and national self-identification
  • Recognized indigenous status (UPR filings, tribunal appearances)
• Courts across jurisdictions have referenced the existence of the Moorish Science Temple and affiliated groups in filings related to land claims, religious protections, and civil rights disputes.

• The fall of Granada marked the end of over 780 years of Moorish rule in Spain.
• The Alhambra Decree forced Muslims and Jews to convert or be expelled. Those who stayed were:
  • Labeled Moriscos (crypto-Muslims) or Conversos
  • Stripped of lands, titles, and inheritance
  • Forced into baptism and cultural obliteration
• The term Moor became associated with infidelity, sedition, and treason.
• Christian law began conflating skin tone with belief, and status with loyalty to the Catholic crown.

• King Philip III expelled hundreds of thousands of baptized Moors from Spain—many of whom had been “Christian” for decades.
• Their property was seized, heritage extinguished, and records erased.
• Some fled to North Africa, others were absorbed into Ottoman, Maghrebi, or Jewish lineages.
• The Morisco identity—once noble—became synonymous with suspicion and statelessness.

• Between 1567–1614, royal edicts allowed:
  • Forced conversion of Muslims and Jews
  • Slavery of those who resisted
  • Destruction of libraries, Qur’ans, and Arabic manuscripts
• The 1573 decree permitted the enslavement of Morisco men, women, and children—even if baptized.
• This was the religious legal precedent for transatlantic racial slavery that followed.

• Ancient lands once labeled Mauretania, Numidia, Al-Maghrib, Timbuktu, and Al-Andalus were renamed:
  • Barbary
  • North Africa
  • Sub-Saharan
  • Latin America
• Moorish presence was scrubbed from maps, whitewashed in paintings, and inverted in literature.

• Once viewed as noble knights and astronomers, Moors were recast as:
  • Villains (Othello)
  • Devils (Paradise Lost)
  • Savages (Colonial Propaganda)
• Shakespeare’s Moor was not honored—he was othered, exoticized, and tragic.
• The archetype of the “Blackamoor” was reduced to house ornaments, door knockers, and caricatures of servitude.

• Law codes, census records, and nobility registries from 1600 onward systematically deleted Moorish identifiers.
• In the Americas, terms like Moor, Arab, or Saracen were replaced by:
  • Negro
  • Colored
  • Freedman
  • Mulatto
• These categories were then tied to denationalized status, non-inheritance, and disqualified trust standing.

“What they couldn’t conquer by sword, they conquered by naming.”

• The erasure of Moorish identity was not just physical—it was ontological.
• Generations were retrained to see themselves as former slaves rather than former kings.
• Moorish architecture, science, and governance were reattributed to Greco-Roman or Christian sources.
• Educational systems embedded this inversion into global consciousness by the 18th century.

• Parties: The Empire of Morocco and the United States of America
• Signatories: Sultan Muhammad III of Morocco and U.S. Envoy Thomas Barclay
• Ratified: Unanimously by U.S. Congress under President George Washington
• Status: Still in force today
• Key Provisions:
  • Moors were guaranteed freedom of travel, property rights, and commercial protection
  • Recognized the Moorish Empire as a sovereign equal under international law
  • Declared that citizens of either party would not be treated as enemies in times of conflict
• Legal Weight: Cited in U.S. Supreme Court discussions and military policy documents

🏛️ “Moors dwelling in America shall be judged under their own laws.” – Treaty clause interpretation

• Background: Four Moroccan Moors detained in South Carolina petitioned the state assembly for equal legal treatment under the 1786 treaty.
• Ruling: The state declared that “free Moors of Morocco” were not to be subject to laws governing Negro slaves.
• Legal Significance:
  • Precedent for Moorish non-subjugation under slave laws
  • Reinforced treaty jurisdiction supremacy over racial classification statutes
  • Demonstrated early recognition of Moorish nationality within the U.S. legal framework

• Sultan Muhammad III sent a letter of recognition to President George Washington welcoming the United States into the family of nations.
• Reaffirmed the protection of Moors under treaty law and acknowledged mutual sovereignty.
• George Washington’s reply confirmed diplomatic respect and commercial alliance.
• These letters formed the foundation of consular protection for Moors in American jurisdictions.

• Acknowledged the work of Moorish-Americans in promoting civic engagement and loyalty.
• Officially recognized the right to use appellations “El” and “Bey” and maintain Moorish nationality identifiers.
• Reinforced the link between Moors and the 1787 treaty obligations.

• Year

1. Document / Action
2. Jurisdiction
3. Relevance

• 1913

1. Chartering of the Moorish Science Temple
2. Illinois
3. Religious-national revival under Noble Drew Ali

• 2012

1. Moorish American Week Proclamation
2. Illinois
3. Cultural and historical recognition

• 2014

1. Moorish American Holy Week
2. Georgia
3. Reaffirms historical Moorish presence in U.S.

• Ongoing

1. Federal Claims Court Cases
2. U.S.
3. Moorish claims under treaty and indigenous status

• Advances in Y-DNA, mtDNA, and autosomal DNA testing have enabled Moorish descendants to prove kinship to lineages once thought extinct or untraceable.
• Haplogroups such as E-M2, E-M78, J1, T1a, L, and even R1b-V88 are now tied to ancient Afroasiatic and Semitic populations that spanned Amexem, Al-Andalus, the Maghreb, and beyond.
• Major testing platforms (e.g., FTDNA, 23andMe, MyTrueAncestry) have begun surfacing direct links to:
  • Moorish dynasties
  • Andalusian emirates
  • Ottoman dignitaries
  • North African Berber tribes
  • Sub-Saharan Islamic scholars
  • Caribbean and Latin American Moorish diaspora

“Our blood remembers what our oppressors tried to erase.” – Moorish Proverb

• Dynastic houses once thought unrelated are now genetically connected through forensic Y-DNA triangulation.
• Noble and royal houses from Morocco, Egypt, Spain, Sudan, Arabia, and even the British Isles now show shared ancestry with modern Moors in America and the Caribbean.
• The Royal DNA 2025 dataset compiled on this platform includes over 585 dynasties from every continent, many of which show direct paternal or maternal links to known Moorish groups.

This forensic lineage strategy transcends belief and returns to blood — and the data cannot be undone.

Three major documents are now available for public review and download on the Dynastic Connections page and linked from the Genetic Sovereignty archive:

• Document

1. Description
2. Pages
3. Function

• Royal DNA 2025

1. 585+ dynastic lineages confirmed by DNA
2. 198
3. Dynastic registry

• Ancient Matches 2025

1. 2,500+ ancient DNA connections from MyTrueAncestry
2. 350+
3. Archaeogenetic proof

• Ancestry’s Ancestral Regions & Journeys 2025

1. Extracted regional origins and genetic migrations
2. 101
3. Cultural anchoring

Each document forms part of the Moorish legal and genetic reawakening — individually powerful, collectively undeniable.