The Alaouite Dynasty is the name of the current Moroccan royal family. The name Alaouite comes from its founder, Al-Raschid (or Ali Cherif), who became Sultan in 1666. Al-Raschid, unlike preceding dynasties, did not seize power but was formally invited by the people of Fez to take over the throne of Morocco.
The Alaouite family claimed descent from Muhammad, through the line of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatima Zahra (Muhammad's daughter).
They entered Morocco probably from Yanbu in the Hejaz at the end of the 13th Century. T ...
They entered Morocco at the end of the 13th Century when Al Hassan Addakhil, who lived then in the town of Yanbu in the Hejaz was brought to Morocco by the inabitants of Tafilalet to be their Imam and to help in the improvements of their crops thanks to his Barakah as he was from the offspring of the prophet Mohammad. They began to increase their power in southern Morocco during the anarchy following the deat ...
