Lalla Abla bint Tahar
Lalla Abla | |||||
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Um Sidi [1] | |||||
Spouse | Mohammed V of Morocco | ||||
Issue |
Hassan II Lalla Aicha Lalla Malika Moulay Abdallah Lalla Nuzha | ||||
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House |
Alaouite dynasty (by marriage) | ||||
Father | Moulay Mohammed al-Tahar bin Hassan el Errahali | ||||
Born | 5 September 1909 | ||||
Died |
1 March 1992 (aged 82) Rabat, Morocco | ||||
Burial | Mausoleum of Mohammed V | ||||
Religion | Islam |
Princess Lalla Abla bint Tahar (5 September 1909 - 1 March 1992) was the second wife of Mohammed V of Morocco.[2]
She was the daughter of Moulay Mohammed Tahar bin Hassan el Errahali. Her father was the chauffeur of Thami El Glaoui, Pasha of Marrakesh.[3]
She married Mohammed V of Morocco in 1929. 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 1930 - 4 September 2011).
- Lalla Malika (born 14 March 1933).
- Moulay Abdallah (30 July 1935 - 20 December 1983).
- Lalla Nuzha (29 October 1940 - 2 September 1977).[4]
Her young sister, Lalla Haniya 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.