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King Mohammed V receiving President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt on his visit to Morocco, 1961. As Mohammed V returned to the throne, he suppressed many insurgencies, especially in the south and in the Rif. In 1957, he took the title of King of Morocco, to symbolise the unity of the country despite the divisions between Arabs and Berbers.
- Yaqut
- Yusef bin Hassan
- 14 August 1957 – 26 February 1961
- Hassan II
May 20, 2022 · Mohammed ben Youssef, the third son of Sultan Moulay Youssef, was born on August 10, 1909, in Fez, Morocco. He became King Mohammed V of independent Morocco. When Mohammed was born, Morocco was a French protectorate. As a child, he received a traditional Koranic education … Read MoreMohammed V (1909-1961)
Mar 8, 2024 · Mohammed opposed the Vichy decrees, which limited where Jews could live, work and go to school. As Robert Assaraf wrote in his 1997 French-language study, Mohammed V and the Jews of Morocco During ...
Mohammed V died suddenly in 1961, just four years after Morocco became an independent constitutional monarchy and he gained the title king. The outpouring of grief was immense.
May 4, 2020 · May 4, 2020 marks the 61st anniversary of the death of King Mohammed V of Morocco, according to the Islamic or Hijri calendar. The late monarch died of heart failure on the 10th day of Ramadan in ...
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Mohammed V. Mohammed V (1911-1961), also known as Mohammed Ben Youssef, was the first king of independent Morocco. He succeeded in conciliating divided forces of Moroccan nationalism and helped to forge national unity around the throne. Nothing at the birth of Mohammed, in Fez, predestined that he would rule over Morocco.
Mohammed died in 1961 at the age of 51 and was succeeded by his eldest son, who took the throne as Hassan II. Mohammed al-Khamis bin Yusef bin Hassan al-Alawi, better known simply Mohammed V, was the last Sultan of Morocco from 1927 to 1953 and from 1955 to 1957, and first King of Morocco from 1957 to 1961. A member of the 'Alawi dynasty, he ...
