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Lalla Lalla ( 720–790 CE) was an Indian mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer who belonged to a family of astronomers. Lalla was the son of Trivikrama Bhatta and the grandson of Śâmba."Lalla." Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. He liv ...

Latifa Amahzoune (; ar, لالة لطيفة أمحزون – born in 1941 a member of the Zayane tribe ( khouribga, Morocco), She is the widow of

King Hassan II Hassan II ( ar, الحسن الثاني, translit=al-Ḥasan aṯ-ṯhānī;), with the prefix "Mulay" before his enthronement 9 July 1929 – 23 July 1999) was the King of Morocco from 1961 until his death in 1999. He was a member of the 'Alaw ...

and the mother of

Princess Lalla Meryem Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco ( ar, الأميرة للا مريم, born 26 August 1962 in Rome, Italy) is the first daughter and eldest child of the late King Hassan II of Morocco and his wife, Lalla Latifa Hammou. After she obtained her ...

King Mohammed VI Mohammed VI ( ar, محمد السادس; born 21 August 1963) is the King of Morocco. He belongs to the 'Alawi dynasty and acceded to the throne on 23 July 1999, upon the death of his father, King Hassan II. Upon ascending to the throne, Moh ...

, Princess Lalla Asma, Princess Lalla Hasna and Prince Moulay Rachid.(24 July 1999
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'' The privacy accorded to her in Morocco is so great that attempts to publish photos of her in the Moroccan newspaper ''Al Ayam'' were found to violate Moroccan law (in accord with a 1956 decree prohibiting publication of photos of the king and his family without authorization).(15 February 2009)
Prohibido publicar fotos de la madre de Mohamed VI
(Forbidden to publish photographs of Mohamed VI's mother), ''

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Life

Allegedly born Fatima Amahzoune, but called Latifa (to avoid confusion with her cousin, the king's alleged first wife, Lalla Fatima bint ''

Qaid Qaid ( ar , قائد ', "commander"; pl. '), also spelled kaid or caïd, is a word meaning "commander" or "leader." It was a title in the Norman kingdom of Sicily, applied to palatine officials and members of the ''curia'', usually to those ...

'' Ould Hassan Amhourak), she is of the Zayane

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, related to Mouha ou Hammou Zayani, and niece of the ''

'' Ould Hassan Amhourak. She married

Hassan II Hassan, Hasan, Hassane, Haasana, Hassaan, Asan, Hassun, Hasun, Hassen, Hasson or Hasani may refer to: People * Hassan (given name), Arabic given name and a list of people with that given name *Hassan (surname), Arabic, Jewish, Irish, and Scotti ...

on 9 November 1961 in a double ceremony with Lalla Lamia as-Solh the bride of

Prince Moulay Abdallah of Morocco Prince Moulay Abdallah of Morocco, KCVO, (30 July 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, Lalla Abla bint Tahar (19 ...

. She is maternal half-sister to General

Mohamed Medbouh Mohamed Medbouh ( ar, محمد المدبوح; b. 1927 in Aknoul - d. 10 July 1971 in Skhirat) was a senior Moroccan Army officer. He was Minister of Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones in the government of Abdallah Ibrahim (1958-1960). He was co-o ...

(the latter's father being of the

Gzennaya Gzenaya or Igzenayen is the name of a tribe in the mountainous Rif region in northern Morocco. Etymology The word Gzenaya comes from the Berber word "Igzenayen". Originally the tribe was known by the land of "Gzenaya" which means the land of be ...

Rif The Rif or Riff (, ), also called Rif Mountains, is a geographic region in northern Morocco. This mountainous and fertile area is bordered by Cape Spartel and Tangier to the west, by Berkane and the Moulouya River to the east, by the Mediterrane ...

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who was executed – along with 9 other high-ranking military officers – for having widely participated in the 1971 Moroccan coup d'état attempt, 1971 failed coup d'état attempt against

, which took place during the King's forty-second birthday party in his summer palace. The execution took place on 13 July 1971 and was broadcast live on state TV. After the death of

, she remarried to Mohamed Mediouri, the bodyguard of the late Monarch and former security chief of the royal palace. As of August 2022, she was ill and hospitalized in France, where she was visited by her son Mohammed VI.

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