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Sultan Mohammed V
Mohammed al-Khamis bin Yusef bin Hassan al-Alawi, better known simply as Mohammed V (10 August 1909 – 26 February 1961), was the last Sultan of Morocco from 1927 to 1953 and from 1955 to 1957, and first King of Morocco from 1957 to 1961. A member of the 'Alawi dynasty, he played an instrumental role in securing the independence of Morocco from the French and Spanish Protectorates. Mohammed was enthroned as sultan upon the death of his father Yusef bin Hassan in 1927. Early in his reign, his approval of the Berber Dahir drew widespread backlash and spurred an upsurge of Moroccan nationalism and opposition to continued French rule. Initially more amenable to colonial authorities, Mohammed grew increasingly supportive of the nationalist movement later on. During World War II he supported the Allies, participated in the 1943 Anfa Conference and took steps to protect Moroccan Jews from Vichy persecution. Mohammed became a central figure of the independence cause after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amir Al-Mu'minin
() or Commander of the Faithful is a Muslims, Muslim title designating the supreme leader of an Ummah, Islamic community. Name Although etymology, etymologically () is equivalent to English "commander", the wide variety of its historical and modern use allows for a range of translations. The historian H. A. R. Gibb, H.A.R. Gibb, however, counsels against the translation "Prince of the Believers" as "neither philologically nor historically correct". History The title was used for Muslim military commanders during the lifetime of Prophet Muhammad. It was, for example, borne by the Muslim commander at the Battle of al-Qadisiyyah, Battle of al-Qadisiyya. On his accession in 634, the second caliph Umar () adopted the title. This was likely not for its military connotation, but rather deriving from a Quranic injunction to "Obey God and obey the Apostle and those invested with command among you" (An-Nisa, Sura 4, verses 58–62). According to Fred Donner, Fred M. Donner, the titl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lalla Yacout
Lalla Yacout (or Yaqut; ; died September 1, 1953) was one of the wives of Sultan Moulay Youssef and the mother of King Mohammed V. Biography Lalla Yacout whose last name is not recorded, was the first wife of Sultan Moulay Youssef. She is native of Al Haouz Province near Marrakesh. Her marriage to Moulay Youssef, still a prince at the time, occurred to strengthen the throne's alliance with the tribes of her region. Some state she was of Turkish origin. During the reign of her son Sultan Sidi Mohammed, Lalla Yacout continued to live at the Royal Palace of Fez. Lalla Yacout remained in Morocco after her son was exiled on August 20, 1953, in Corsica and then in Madagascar. She decided to take residence at the Royal Palace of Meknes, the climate of which was better suited to her health. She lived there accompanied by Messaouda Sasson, who had been her lady-in-waiting for ten years. The latter succeeded another lady-in-waiting Sihma Soussan, but she was additionally a caregiver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Protectorate In Morocco
The French protectorate in Morocco, also known as French Morocco, was the period of French colonial rule in Morocco that lasted from 1912 to 1956. The protectorate was officially established 30 March 1912, when List of rulers of Morocco, Sultan Abd al-Hafid of Morocco, Abd al-Hafid signed the Treaty of Fez, though the French French conquest of Morocco, military occupation of Morocco had begun with the invasion of Oujda and the Bombardment of Casablanca (1907), bombardment of Casablanca in 1907. The French protectorate lasted until the dissolution of the Treaty of Fez on 2 March 1956, with the Franco-Moroccan Joint Declaration. Morocco's independence movement, described in Moroccan historiography as the Revolution of the King and the People, restored the exiled Mohammed V of Morocco, Mohammed V but it did not end the French presence in Morocco. France preserved its influence in the country, including a right to station French troops and to have a say in Morocco's foreign policy. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moroccan Nationalist Movement
The Moroccan Nationalist Movement () was an Arab nationalist and Pan-Arabist political movement in Morocco that opposed the French protectorate. It was nominally led by the Moroccan sultan Mohammed bin Youssef. Most of its leaders were from the Istiqlal Party. History The movement was founded in 1925 among educated students in Rabat who founded secret organizations to spread opposition to the growing French intervention. By 1927, it contacted the Salafiyya movement whose leader was Allal al-Fassi, and they both aimed for religious reform and assertion of Moroccan political independence. When French authorities declared the Berber Dahir in 1930, the movement turned from a small elite movement into a popular anti-imperialist force that strongly opposed continued French rule. The Berber Dahir replaced the Islamic Sharia system in Berber areas with old pre-Islamic Berber laws. Many nationalists saw this as an attempt by the French to weaken the authority of the Makhzen and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berber Dahir
The Berber Dahir (, , formally: ) is a ''dhahir'' (decree) that was created by the French protectorate in Morocco on May 16, 193The document changed the legal system in the parts of Morocco in which Berber languages were primarily spoken, and the legal system in the rest of the country would remain the way it had been before the French invasionbr> Mohammed V of Morocco, Sultan Muhammad V signed the ''Dahir'' under no duress, though he was only 20 years old at the time. The new legal system in Berber tribes would be ostensibly based on local and centuries-old Berber laws that had been inherited and evolved throughout the millennia of the Islamic conquest of North Africa, rather than the Islamic Sharia. According to pan-Arabist activists, the French colonial authorities sought to facilitate their takeover of the Berber tribes' property and to maintain a legal cover. The Berber Dahir was based on the colonial Kabyle myth and reinforced a dichotomy in popular Moroccan historiograp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lalla Bahia
Lalla Bahia bint Antar (; unknown – 3 September 2008) was the third wife of Mohammed V of Morocco, who reigned from 1927 until 1961. Bahia was also the mother of Princess Lalla Amina of Morocco. Biography Lalla Bahia was a lady from a wealthy Berber family and she had Glaoua (Glawa) origins. Abdelssadeq el-Glaoui explained that just like Lalla Abla bint Tahar, her husband's second wife, Lalla Bahia was chosen from the house Glaoui. However, it is not specified whether it is on her maternal or paternal side that she has Glaoua origins. Bahia died on 3 September 2008. Her funeral was held at the Moulay El Hassan Mausoleum at the Dar al-Makhzen in Rabat, Morocco. Marriage Lalla Bahia married Sultan Sidi Mohammed in the summer of 1953, during a discreet ceremony. The couple had one daughter: * HRH Princess Lalla Amina (1954–2012), born in Antsirabe Antsirabe () also known as Ville d'eau is the list of cities in Madagascar, third largest city in Madagascar and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lalla Abla Bint Tahar
Princess Lalla Abla bint Tahar (5 September 1909 – 1 March 1992) was the princess consort of Morocco from 1955 to 1961, the mother of King Hassan II (who reigned from 1961 to 1999) and the grandmother of King Mohammed VI She was the daughter of Prince Moulay al-Tahar, a son of Sultan Hassan I of Morocco and twin brother of Sultan Moulay Yusef. She also has alleged Glaoua (Glawa) origins. She allegedly was married in 1926 even though the Palace always denied, being only a seventeen-years-old, it would've been a minor, the royal official version tells the date as 1928. She married her first cousin Sultan Mohammed V of Morocco in 1926 or 1928. She had five children: * Hassan II (9 July 1929 – 23 July 1999). * Lalla Aicha (17 June 1931 – 4 September 2011). * Lalla Malika (14 March 1933 – 28 September 2021). * Moulay Abdallah (30 July 1935 – 20 December 1983). * Lalla Nuzha (29 October 1940 – 2 September 1977). Legacy In her tribute in Tiznit was inaugurated “A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lalla Hanila Bint Mamoun
Princess Lalla Hanila bint Mamoun was the first wife of Mohammed V of Morocco, who reigned from 1927 to 1961. Lalla Hanila is the mother of Princess Lalla Fatima Zohra. Life Lalla Hanila is the daughter of Prince Moulay Mohammed el-Mamoun, son of Sultan Moulay Hassan I and his wife Lalla Kenza al-Daouia. The identity of her mother didn't survive posterity. She married her cousin, the future Mohammed V, before he ascended the throne in 1927. The couple divorced just after the birth of their daughter Princess Lalla Fatima Zohra. In 1928, he married his second wife Lalla Abla bint Tahar Princess Lalla Abla bint Tahar (5 September 1909 – 1 March 1992) was the princess consort of Morocco from 1955 to 1961, the mother of King Hassan II (who reigned from 1961 to 1999) and the grandmother of King Mohammed VI She was the daughter o .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Hanima bint Mamoun, Lalla 20th-century Moroccan women 20th-century Muslims 20th-century royalty Alawi dynasty Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Lalla Amina Of Morocco
Princess Lalla Amina (8 April 1954 – 16 August 2012) was a member of the Moroccan royal family and former President of the Royal Moroccan Federation of Equestrian Sports. Early life and education Lalla Amina was born in Antsirabe, French Madagascar on 8 April 1954. She was the youngest sister of the King Hassan II of Morocco, and daughter of King Mohammed V of Morocco and his third wife, Lalla Bahia bint Antar. She was born while the royal family was in exile. Mina (as she was nicknamed) was the only child of King Mohammed V of Morocco to have French papers. She was named after her paternal aunt, Lalla Amina, her father's younger sister. Upon the royal family's return to Morocco, Malika Oufkir, daughter of a favored general, was informally adopted into the Royal family to be a companion to the princess. Lalla Amina lived in a separate villa to be raised more normally and away from court intrigue and jealousy. Her villa included a private movie theater, a zoo, and her own prima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Lalla Nuzha Of Morocco
Princess Lalla Nuzha (29 October 1940 – 2 September 1977) was a sister of the late King Hassan II of Morocco, and daughter of King Mohammed V of Morocco to his second wife, Lalla Abla bint Tahar. Biography Princess Lalla Nuzha was born at Dar al-Makhzen in Rabat. She was privately educated in Rabat where in 1950 she successfully completed her primary school certificate by passing the end of school year exam. The exile of her family in 1953, first to Corsica then to Madagascar, made her change schools. Her family lived in Antsirabe and she was an intern at a religious college, ''Les soeurs de la Providence''. After her family returned from exile in Morocco on November 16, 1955, she returned to her previous life and her country became independent on March 2, 1956. Lalla Nuzha continued her education in Paris at the ''Sainte-Marie de Neuilly'' high school, from the start of the September 1956 school year. She studied from 1959 at the Cagnyta House Continuation College on Queen's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Moulay Abdallah Of Morocco
Prince Moulay Abdallah of Morocco (31 May 1935 – 20 December 1983) was the brother of Moulay Hassan, later King Hassan II of Morocco and the son of King Mohammed V of Morocco (1909–1961), and his second wife Princess Abla bint Tahar (1909–1992). Biography Prince Moulay Abdallah was born at Dar al-Makhzen in Rabat. Like his brother, the future Hassan II, he followed his education at the Royal College in Rabat, created for them in 1942 by their father. The exile of his family in 1953, first to Corsica and then Madagascar, made him change schools. His father and his family lived in Antsirabe and Moulay Abdallah was an intern at a religious college, ''Les pères jésuites de Saint-Michel''. He did not bear boarding school for long, just like his sister Lalla Malika interned in another establishment, and very quickly left this establishment to take private lessons, his sister too. After his family returned from exile in Morocco on November 16, 1955, he returned to his form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
