'Alawi dynasty

ruling dynasty of Morocco since 1666

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 houseBanu Hasan
CountryMorocco
Place of originTafilalt (migrated from Hejaz)
Founded1631
FounderMoulay Sharif ibn Ali
Current headMohammad VI
Estate(s)Morocco

Legacy

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Family tree

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  Moulay Ali Cherif
  Mohammed I  Ismail  Rachid
  Ahmad  Abdul Malek  Abdallah II  Mohammed II  Ali  Al-Mustadi'  Zin al-Abidin
  Mohammed III
  Al-YazidHisham  Sulayman
  Abd al-Rahman
ibn Hicham
  Mohammed IV
  Hassan IAarafa
  Abd al-Aziz  Abd al-Hafid  YoussefTahar  Mohammed
Ben Aarafa
  Mohammed V
3° spouse
Lalla Bahia
2° spouse
Lalla Abla bint Tahar
Lalla
Fatima Zohra
Lalla
Amina
  Hassan II
2° spouse
Lalla Latifa Hammou
Lalla
Malika
Lalla
Nuzha
Lalla
Aicha
Abdellah
Lalla
Meryem
Lalla
Asma
  Mohammed VI
spouse
Lalla Salma
Lalla
Hasna
RachidHichamIsmail
Crown Prince
Hassan
Lalla
Khadija

References

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  1. 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