Lalla Abla al-Alaoui
Princess consort of Morocco
Tenure30 October 1955 – 26 February 1961
BornLalla Abla bint Tahar
(1909-09-05)5 September 1909
Died1 March 1992(1992-03-01) (aged 82)
Spouse
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(m. 1928)​
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IssueHassan II
Lalla Aicha
Lalla Malika
Moulay Abdallah
Lalla Nuzha
Names
Lalla Abla bint Mohammed al-Tahar al-Alaoui
DynastyAlaouite Dynasty (by birth)
FatherMoulay Mohammed al-Tahar bin Hassan
ReligionSunni Islam

Princess Lalla Abla bint Tahar (5 September 1909 – 1 March 1992)[1] was the princess consort of Morocco as the wife of King Mohammed V, she was the mother of King Hassan II, who reigned from 1961 to 1999.

She was the daughter of Prince Moulay Mohammed al-Tahar bin Hassan,[2] a son of Sultan Hassan I of Morocco and twin brother of Sultan Moulay Yusef.[2][3] She also has Glaoua origins.[4] Abdessadeq el Glaoui explained in his 2004 publication that "Lalla Abla was chosen in the house Glaoui".[3]

She married her first cousin Sultan Mohammed V of Morocco in 1926[2] or 1928.[4][5] Her elder sister Princess Lalla Hania bint Tahar was married to the pretendant to the Throne of Morocco Mohammed Ben Aarafa.

She had five children:

Legacy

In her tribute in Tiznit was inaugurated “Avenue Lalla Abla”,[7] on which stands the Maison de la culture de Tiznit.[8] This avenue is close to “Avenue Mohammed V” and “Boulevard Hassan II” in the same city.[7]

The Lalla Abla Mosque on the Port of Tangier was dedicated in July 2018 by her grandson, King Mohammed VI.[9] Baptized "Mosque of H.H. Princess Lalla Abla",[10] it covers an area of 5,712 square meters and has a capacity to welcome 1,900 faithful.[11] The mosque has all the necessary amenities for the faithful, ie two prayer rooms (men and women), accommodation for the imam and the muezzin, shops and an esplanade of 2,720 square meters.[11]

Notes

  1. ^ "Lalla Abla; Moroccan Royal Mother (Published 1992)". 1992-03-03. Retrieved 2023-08-12. Lalla Abla, the mother of King Hassan II, died on Sunday night after a long illness, the royal palace announced today... Lalla Abla was the wife of King Mohammed V, Hassan's father.
  2. ^ a b c 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
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ a b Hommes et destins: dictionnaire biographique d'outre-mer (in French). Académie des sciences d'outre-mer. 1975. p. 354.
  5. ^ "Morocco (Alaoui Dynasty)". 2005-08-29. Archived from the original on 2005-08-29. Retrieved 2023-08-12. Lella Abla, +1992, X after 1927 HM King Mohammed V (see below, Predecessors)
  6. ^ Chicago Tribune
  7. ^ a b Honnor, Julius (2012). Morocco Footprint Handbook. Footprint Travel Guides. p. 260. ISBN 978-1-907263-31-6.
  8. ^ "Lieux et structures culturels Maroc - La maison de culture Tiznit". www.moroccanmusicconnect.ma (in French). Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  9. ^ "King Mohammed VI Inaugurates 'Princess Lalla Abla' Mosque in Tangier". Morocco World News. 31 July 2018.
  10. ^ "SM le Roi, Amir Al-Mouminine, inaugure à Tanger la Mosquée "SA la Princesse Lalla Abla"". Maroc.ma (in French). 2018-07-30. Retrieved 2023-08-09.
  11. ^ a b "King Mohammed VI Inaugurates 'Princess Lalla Abla' Mosque in Tangier". www.moroccoworldnews.com.
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