Thami El Glaoui
Moroccan politician (1870-1956) · Morocco · On the map · Politicians · Lived 1879 to 1956 · aged 77
Thami El Glaoui was the Pasha of Marrakesh from 1912 to 1956. His family name was el Mezouari, from a title given an ancestor by Ismail Ibn Sharif in 1700, while El Glaoui refers to his chieftainship of the Glaoua (Glawa) tribe of the Berbers of southern Morocco, based at the Kasbah of Telouet in the High Atlas and at...
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Thami El Glaoui as a young man
Thami El Glaoui with his son, Brahim.
A pre-1923 depiction of Thami El Glaoui, Pasha of Marrakesh by André Suréda
Thami el-Glawi (center) at his reception at the Élysée Palace in Paris in 1921, photographed with Abdelqader Bin Ghabrit (right).
Autochrome portrait by Georges Chevalier, 1927
Thami El-Glaoui ca. 1950Awards
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His family name was el Mezouari, from a title given an ancestor by Ismail Ibn Sharif in 1700, while El Glaoui refers to his chieftainship of the Glaoua (Glawa) tribe of the Berbers of southern Morocco, based at the Kasbah of Telouet in the High Atlas and at Marrakesh. El Glaoui became head of the Glaoua upon the death of his elder brother, Si el-Madani, and as an ally of the French protectorate in Morocco, conspired with them in the overthrow of Sultan Mohammed V.
