Ahmed al-Hiba
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Mawlay Ahmed Haybat Allah ibn Ma al-Aynayn, was a leader of an armed resistance to the French colonial power in Morocco, and was the Blue Sultan of Morocco.
The French periodical Le Petit Journal's portrayal of al-Hiba's call to arms to his partisans. 1 September 1912.
A letter by Ahmed al-Hiba bin Ma' al-Ainayn to the Pasha of Salé at-Tayib as-Sabīhī written in musnid Maghrebi script dated 8 Muharram, 1329 (8 January 1911).
Thami El Glaoui
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Thami El Glaoui was the Pasha of Marrakesh from 1912 to 1956. His family name was el Mezouari, from a title given an ancestor by Ismail Ibn Sharif in 1700, while El Glaoui refers to his chieftainship
Ahmed al-Hiba
…of Morocco saw al-Hiba recognized as Sultan in Taroudannt, Agadir and the Dades and Draa regions. He gained a powerful ally in Si Madani, head of the Glaoua family. With his tribal army he entered Marrakech on 18 August 1912 and was proclaimed Sultan there also. The decisive Battle of Sidi Bou Othman with the…
Thami El Glaoui
Thami El Glaoui as a young man
Thami El Glaoui with his son, Brahim.
A pre-1923 depiction of Thami El Glaoui, Pasha of Marrakesh by André Suréda