Muhammad VI. ibn Arafa (Morocco)
Mohammed Ibn Arafa (* 1889 in Fez ; † July 17, 1976 in Nice ) was Sultan of Morocco from 1953 to 1955 . He was installed by the French government as ruler of Morocco after his nephew, the incumbent Sultan of Morocco, Mohammed V , was overthrown by the French protectorate administration .
His parents were Mulay Arafa bin Muhammad, temporarily Caliph of Fez, and his second wife Lalla Nufissa bint Glawi, from the Berber Glaoui clan, of which Thami El Glaoui was the head. It was on August 15, 1953 in Marrakech for Imam proclaimed. He was proclaimed Sultan of Morocco, Sultan of Fez, Tafilet , Marrakech and Sus al-Aksa and Amir Al-Mu'minin by the French Protectorate Authority. He was enthroned as a French puppet in the Dar al-Makhzen (House of Makhzen ) in Rabat on December 10, 1953 . His unfounded claims to rule were almost without exception rejected by Moroccan society. Even the Spanish Morocco Protectorate did not recognize its government. Strikes broke out, as a result of which he holed up in international Tangier on October 1st, abdicated on October 30th, 1955 and went into exile in France. He was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor by the French President .
Individual evidence
- ^ Morocco. The Alawi Dynasty. Genealogy. www.royalark.net
Mulai ar-Rashid | Mulai Ismail | Ahmad | Abd al-Malik | Abd Allah | Ali | Muhammad II | al-Mustadi | Zayn al-Abidin | Mulai Muhammad III. | Yazid | Hisham | Mulai Sulaiman | Mulai Abd ar-Rahman | Sidi Mohammed IV | Mulai al-Hassan I. | Abd al-Aziz | Mulai Abd al-Hafiz | Mulai Yusuf | Mohammed V. | Mohammed (VI.) Ibn Arafa | Mohammed V. | Hassan II. | Mohammed VI
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| SURNAME | Muhammad VI. ibn Arafa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mohammed Ibn Arafa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Moroccan sultan |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Fez |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th July 1976 |
| Place of death | Nice |