Lalla Abla bint Tahar
Princess Lalla Abla bint Tahar (5 September 1909 – 1 March 1992) was the second wife of Mohammed V of Morocco.
| Lalla Abla al-Alaoui | |||||
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| Princess consort of Morocco | |||||
| Tenure | 30 October 1955 – 26 February 1961 | ||||
| Born | Lalla Abla bint Tahar 5 September 1909 | ||||
| Died | 1 March 1992 (aged 82) | ||||
| Spouse | |||||
| Issue | Hassan II Lalla Aicha Lalla Malika Moulay Abdallah Lalla Nuzha | ||||
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| Dynasty | Alaouite Dynasty (by birth) | ||||
| Father | Prince Moulay Mohammed al-Tahar bin Hassan | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
She was the daughter of Moulay Mohammed al-Tahar bin Hassan,[1] a son of Sultan Hassan I of Morocco and twin brother of Sultan Moulay Yusef.[1] She also had Glaoua origins,[2] Abdessadeq el Glaoui explained in his 2004 publication that "Lalla Abla was chosen in the house Glaoui".[2]
She married her first cousin Sultan Mohammed V of Morocco in 1928 or 1926.[1] Her elder sister Princess Lalla Hania bint Tahar married Pretendant to the Throne of Morocco Mohammed Ben Aarafa .
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).[3]
Legacy
The Lalla Abla Mosque on the Port of Tangier was dedicated in July 2018 by her grandson, King Mohammed VI.[4]
Notes
- ibn zaydan. durafakhira (in Arabic). p. 139.
And when he was seventeen, his blessed father married him to the daughter of his twin, al-Mawla Tahir, and for his wedding in the southern capital, Marrakech, he received a celebration in which the manifestations of the king and the pomp of the sultan was evident, attended by all the notables of the Moroccan kingdom and its statesmen
- Glaoui, Abdessadeq El (2004). Le ralliement: le Glaoui, mon père : récit et témoignage (in French). Marsam Editions. p. 15. ISBN 978-9981-149-79-3.
- Chicago Tribune
- "King Mohammed VI Inaugurates 'Princess Lalla Abla' Mosque in Tangier". Morocco World News. 31 July 2018.
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