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Hassan I of Morocco 
Sultan of Morocco (more..) Reign 1873 - 1894 Predecessor Mohammed IV Successor Abdelaziz House House of Alaoui Born Fes, Morocco Died 7 June 1894
Marrakech, MoroccoBurial Rabat, Morocco Hassan I of Morocco (Arabic: الحسن الأول) (b. 1836 – d. 7 June 1894) was Sultan of Morocco from 1873 to 1894.[1]
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Biography
He was a member of the Alaouite dynasty. Mulay Hassan was among the most successful sultans. He increased the power of the makhzen in Morocco and at a time when so much of the rest of Africa was falling under foreign control, he brought in military and administrative reforms to strengthen the regime within its own territory, and he carried out an active military and diplomatic program on the periphery.
Particularly well known is the journey Hassan I undertook in 1893. He went from Fez (leaving on 29 June) to Marrakech, passing through the Tafilalt, the sand dunes of Erg Chebbi, the valley of the Dades with the majestic gorges of the Todra, Ouarzazate, the Kasbah of Aït Benhaddou, the high passage along Telouet, the Tichka pass (2260 m) in the high Atlas. The voyage took six months and succeeded in its objective of reuniting and pacifying the tribes of several regions. The Krupp cannon he gave on this occasion to the caid of Telouet (member of the now famous Glaoua family) is still on display in the center of Ouarzazate. In 1881 he founded Tiznit.
Hassan I appointed Mouha ou Hammou Zayani as Caïd of the Zayanes in Khénifra in 1877. Mouha ou Hammou Zayani was to be an important figure in the 20th century colonial war against France. In 1887 he appointed sheikh Ma al-'Aynayn as his caid in Western Sahara. Ma al-'Aynayn too played an important role in the struggle for independence of Morocco.
Moulay Hassan I died 7 June 1894 in Marrakech, and is buried in Rabat.
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Hassan I in Meknes
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Death of Hassan I
Honours
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword of the Kingdom of Portugal (GCTE)-1882
See also
- List of Kings of Morocco
- History of Morocco
- Hassan I Dam
References
- ^ M. Th. Houtsma: E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam 1913–1936. S. 603; also: Anmerkung über den Todesort and in The Daily Telegraph at the death of his daughter Lalla Fatima Zohra, 22. October 2003, (English); Marrakesch is mistakenly stated as the place of his death in Beitrag über die Familie der Alawiden (English)
- ^ http://www.royalark.net/Morocco/morocco9.htm
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Preceded by
Mohammed IVSultan of Morocco
1873–1894Succeeded by
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