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 Sultan Mohammed Ben Aarafa of Morocco.
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]
Her oldest sister, Lalla Hania bint Tahar, married Mohammed V's distant relative Mohammed Ben Aarafa, who claimed the Moroccan throne with the support of the French protectorate administration during the administration's 1953–1955 exile of Mohammed V to Madagascar.
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.