Imagine having so many children, you could run a factory. That's what Moulay Ismail's family looked like. He was a brutal emperor of the Moroccan Alaouite dynasty from 1672 - 1727.

Lalla Latifa adhered strictly to the traditional royal protocols of the Alaouite dynasty. In a 1989 interview with the French broadcaster INA, ... referring to marriages of the Alaouite sultans.

Ismaïl, who reigned from 1672 to 1727, was the first great sultan of the Moroccan Alaouite dynasty, the current royal house of the kingdom. He was Sharifian — that is, he claimed descent from ...

The two ensembles are surrounded by a series of ramparts that separate them from one another. In addition to its architectural interest of being built in the Hispano-Moorish style, Meknes is of ...

But what is not well known is that the Moroccan monarchy — the Alaouite dynasty — is one of the oldest living monarchies in the world. They follow the Sultan's rule ("Qanun Al Sultani ...

Ismaïl, who reigned from 1672 to 1727, was the first great sultan of the Moroccan Alaouite dynasty, the current royal house of the kingdom. He was Sharifian — that is, he claimed descent from ...