Alawi dynasty
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The 'Alawi dynasty – also rendered in English as Alaouite, 'Alawid, or Alawite – is the current Moroccan royal family and reigning dynasty. They are an Arab Sharifian dynasty and claim descent from th
The Mausoleum of Mawlay Ismail in Meknes, which contains his tomb and that of his son Ahmad adh-Dhahabi
Gate and fortifications in the port of Essaouira today, founded in 1764 by Sultan Muhammad ibn Abdallah as a port for European merchants
Hassan I in 1873
The abdication of Abd al-Hafid, Sultan of Morocco in 1912, after signing the Treaty of Fes which initiated French colonial rule
Mohammed V of Morocco
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Mohammed al-Khamis bin Yusef bin Hassan al-Alawi, better known simply as Mohammed V, was the last Sultan of Morocco from 1927 to 1953 and from 1955 to 1957, and first King of Morocco from 1957 to 1961
Alawi dynasty
…protectorate were imposed on Morocco. They were retained as symbolic sultans under colonial rule. When the country regained its independence in 1956, Mohammed V, who had supported the nationalist cause, resumed the 'Alawi role as independent head of state. Shortly afterwards, in 1957, he adopted the title of…
Mohammed in 1953
Sultan Mohammed seated with Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill during the 1943 Casablanca Conference; his son Hassan is pictured standing behind him.
On the cover of Time, 22 April 1957
Mohamed V receiving Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser in Casablanca, 1961