Lalla Abla bint Tahar

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Lalla Abla
Born5 September 1909
Died1 March 1992 (aged 82)
Rabat, Morocco
Burial
SpouseMohammed V of Morocco
IssueHassan II
Lalla Aicha
Lalla Malika
Moulay Abdallah
Lalla Nuzha
Names
Lalla Abla bint Mohammed al-Tahar
DynastyAlaouite (by birth)
FatherMoulay Mohammed al-Tahar bin Hassan

Princess Lalla Abla bint Tahar (5 September 1909 – 1 March 1992) was the second wife of Mohammed V of Morocco.[citation needed]

She was the daughter of Moulay Mohammed al-Tahar bin Hassan, a son of Sultan Hassan I of Morocco. Allegedly her father was the chauffeur of Thami El Glaoui, Pasha of Marrakesh.[1]

She married her first cousin Sultan Mohammed V of Morocco in 1928. Her elder sister Princess Lalla Hania bint Tahar married Sultan Mohammed Ben Aarafa of Morocco.

She had five children:

Her oldest sister, Lalla Hania bint Tahar, married Mohammed V's distant relative Mohammed Ben Aarafa, who claimed the Moroccan throne with the support of the French protectorate administration during the administration's 1953–1955 exile of Mohammed V to Madagascar.

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