Yusef of Morocco

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Template:Short description Template:Redirect Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox royalty Moulay Yusef ben Hassan (Template:Langx; Template:Circa – 17 November 1927) was the Alawi sultan of Morocco from 1912 to 1927. He was the son of Hassan I of Morocco, who was the son of Muhammad IV of Morocco.

Life

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Yusef in 1920
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Silver coin: 5 Dirhams Yusuf - 1918

Moulay Yusef was born in the city of MeknesTemplate:Citation needed to Sultan Hassan I. His mother was a Circassian concubine called Amina who Hassan received from the merchant Hajj Lʿarbi al-Humaydi Bricha. She was sold or given to Hassan in 1878 along with Ruqaya, mother of Abdelaziz.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> He had a twin brother, Moulay Mohammed al-Tahar.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> His early life is obscure and he had a traditional education from private tutors. He only emerged in public life in 1912 when his brother Sultan Abd al-Hafid appointed him as khalifa (viceroy)<ref name=":0">Template:Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition</ref> of Fez.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite book</ref>

He inherited the throne from Sultan Abd al-Hafid, who abdicated after the Treaty of Fez (1912), which made Morocco a French protectorate.<ref name=":1" />

Moulay Yusef's reign was turbulent and marked with frequent uprisings against Spain and France, of which two were serious: the Rif War and the Sahrawi rebellion. The Rif War was a Berber uprising led by Abd el-Krim in the Rif in the Spanish protectorate in the north; el-Krim managed to establish the Republic of the Rif. The second was an uprising of the Hasani-Sanhaja Sahrawis in the south of the French protectorate and within the Spanish Sahara, which was led by Ahmed al-Hiba, the son of Ma al-'Aynayn.

The Rif War eventually reached the French colonial region, prompting the creation of a Franco-Spanish military coalition that finally defeated the rebels in 1925. To ensure his own safety, Yusef moved the court from Fez to Rabat, which has served as the capital of the country ever since.

Yusef's reign came to an abrupt end when he died suddenly of uremia in 1927. He was succeeded by his son, Mohammed V, and was buried in the royal necropolis of the Moulay Abdallah Mosque.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Private life

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Grandchildren of Yusef in 1926

Moulay Youssef married three times and had at least eight children. The fact that he had a harem is not explicitly stated, it is only indicated that he had a slave concubine whom he ended up marrying. Here are the descent he had with his wives:

Lalla Yacout,<ref name=":2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> whose last name is not recorded, was his first wife. Their marriage took place around 1907, she died on September 1, 1953, and was buried in Fez.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Among their children are:

  • Moulay Idriss (1908–1962), he was removed from the order of succession because he suffered from an autoimmune disease;
  • Sultan Sidi Mohammed (1909–1961), better known as King Mohammed V;
  • Lalla Amina,<ref name=":2" /> she was nicknamed la parisienne, for her fondness of this city, she often travelled there.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
  • Moulay Abdeslam, born in 1914.<ref name=":2" />

Lalla Ruqaya bint Mohammed al-Moqri,<ref name=":4">Template:Cite book</ref> he married her around 1915. They had no children together.<ref name=":4" /> Before this marriage she was the wife of Sultan Moulay Abdelhafid, but divorced from the latter;

A woman whose identity is unknown who is either his slave concubine or one of his wives. She is probably the mother of two of Moulay Youssef's distinctly mixed-race children:

  • Mohammed al Hassan, (1909–1969)
  • Lalla Zainab

The identity of the mother of two of Sultan Moulay Youssef's daughters is not mentioned. These daughters are:

  • Lalla Zubaida;<ref name=":2" />
  • Lalla Khadija,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> she married a man from the Boufarès family, their son was Moulay Mamoun Boufarès. The latter, together with his wife,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> had a daughter. The daughter became Princess Lalla Oum Kelthoum, the wife of Prince Moulay Rachid.

Aïsha,<ref name=":5">Template:Cite book</ref> a slave concubine of unknown origins whom Moulay Youssef ends up marrying. Around 1924, she was offered to the sultan by the Pasha of Marrakesh Thami El Glaoui.<ref name=":5" /> Described as very beautiful, she became Lalla Aïsha after entering the harem. Yacout Sasson was charged by the sultan with personally taking care of her clothing.<ref name=":5" /> Aïsha became very close to her seamstress who spoiled her and prepared the best dishes of Jewish cuisine.<ref name=":5" /> She was pampered and chose the fabrics for her ceremonial clothes before anyone else. Her first pregnancy, which was also her last, ended in tragedy when at seven months her fetus perished and childbirth had to be induced a month later, the child stillborn.<ref name=":5" /> The sultan moved by her hardship married her, putting an end to her status of concubine and granted her the title of Oum Sidi Aïsha, a title reserved for the mother of the heir to the throne. They had no children together.<ref name=":5" />

Honours

See also

References

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