Thami al-Glaoui

Berber chief

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In Morocco: The French protectorate (1912–56)
…whom the best known was Thami al-Glaoui, were given a great deal of independence.
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In Morocco: The French Zone
…Amazigh feudal notables, such as Thami al-Glaoui, to counter the nationalists. At a palace reception later in the month al-Glaoui in fact confronted the sultan, calling him not the sultan of the Moroccans but of the Istiqlāl and blaming him for leading the country to catastrophe.
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In Marrakech
…family, the last of whom, Thami al-Glaoui, was the chief instigator of the deposition of Muḥammad V in 1953.
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