Mohammed ben Mizzian (February 1, 1897 - May 1, 1975) was a Francoist general from Spanish Morocco (Beni Ensar, near Nador, in present-day Morocco). He was made a Field marshal (mushir) in 1970.
The behaviour of the Regulares troops he commanded is seen as a prime example of the stereotypes of Moorish behaviour that still persists in the Spanish oral tradition from the time of Al-Andalus.
American historian, John Wittaker, wrote that he "attended horrified" when Mizzian stated that two women who had been brought to him by his men "will not live more than four hours" once at the hands of his troops. On July 17, 1936 he initiated the first battle of the Spanish civil war against the seaplane base of Atalayón in Melilla. Even though the loyalist troops defending the post surrendered, the base commanders, Commander Virgilio Leret Ruiz and Second Lieutenants, Armando Gonzalez Corral and Luis Calvo Calavia, were still executed the following morning, their place of burial remaining unknown [1]
In 2006 a museum was opened dedicated to Mohamed Mizzian.[2][3]