'Alawi dynasty
The 'Alawi dynasty (Arabic: سلالة العلويين الفيلاليين, Sulālat al-ʿAlawiyyīn al-Fīlālīyn) – also translated in English as Alaouite, 'Alawid, or Alawite – is the current Moroccan royal family and dynasty.[1]
| 'Alawi dynasty سلالة العلويين الفيلاليين | |
|---|---|
| Parent house | Banu Hasan |
| Country | Morocco |
| Place of origin | Tafilalt (migrated from Hejaz) |
| Founded | 1631 |
| Founder | Moulay Sharif ibn Ali |
| Current head | Mohammad VI |
| Estate(s) | Morocco |
Legacy
Family tree
'Alawi Dynasty Media
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 in 1934
King Hassan II with future King Mohammed VI and Princesses Asma and Meryem (left to right)
A family tree of the dynasty near the Hassan Tower in Rabat
The current head of the Alawi dynasty, King Mohammed VI, pictured behind a family tree of the dynasty at the Dar al-Makhzen in 2022
References
- ↑ Rézette, Robert (1975). The Western Sahara and the Frontiers of Morocco. Nouvelles Editions Latines. p. 47.
Moulay Rachid who really founded the dynasty in 1664, was born in Tafilalet of a family that had come from Arabia