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Also Known As Mawlāy al-Ḥasan Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf
Born July 9, 1929 • Rabat • Morocco
Died July 23, 1999 (aged 70) • Rabat • Morocco
Title / Office king (1961-1999), Morocco

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Hassan II
Mausoleum of Muḥammad V, Rabat, Mor. His son, Hassan II, is also entombed there.
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Abd el-Krim
Berber leader
Ismāʿīl
ʿAlawī ruler of Morocco
Muḥammad VI
king of Morocco
Muḥammad V
sultan of Morocco
al-Rashīd
ʿAlawī ruler of Morocco
Mehdi Ben Barka
Moroccan politician
Abd ar-Rahman
sultan of Morocco
Aḥmad al-Manṣūr
ruler of Morocco
Abd al-Aziz
Abd al-Aziz
sultan of Morocco
Hassan I
sultan of Morocco
Abd al-Hafid
sultan of Morocco
Louis-Hubert-Gonsalve Lyautey
Louis-Hubert-Gonzalve Lyautey
French statesman
Paul Bowles
American composer, translator, and author
Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī
Marīnid sultan
Afonso V
king of Portugal
Hanno
Carthaginian explorer
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tahar Ben Jelloun
Moroccan author
Dominique de Villepin
prime minister of France
Christian de Portzamparc: Philharmonie Luxembourg
Christian de Portzamparc
French architect and urban planner
Abdelkebir Khatibi
Moroccan scholar

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