Ahmed al-Hiba
Ahmed al-Hiba | |
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.jpg) The French periodical Le Petit Journal's portrayal of al-Hiba's call to arms to his partisans. 1 September 1912. | |
| Native name | أحمد الهيبة |
| Born | 9 September 1877 |
| Died | 26 June 1919 |
| Years of service | 1910–1919 |
| Battles/wars | Battle of Sidi Bou Othman |
Ahmed al-Hiba (
Arabic: أحمد الهيبة, also known as The Blue Sultan; 9 September 1877 – 26 June 1919), was a leader of an armed resistance to the French colonial power in southern Morocco, and pretender to the sultanate of Morocco.[1] In English texts he is usually named simply El Hiba. In addition to his revolutionary activity, Ahmed al-Hiba was a prolific poet.[2]
Biography
He was the son of
Treaty of Fez on the Moroccans and took virtual control of the country. Ma al-'Aynayn's son al-Hiba then decided that this effectively vacated the position of Sultan of Morocco, and proclaimed himself Sultan at Tiznit
(Morocco) as his father had done before him.
A general uprising in the south of Morocco saw al-Hiba recognized as Sultan in
Marrakech
on 18 August 1912 and was proclaimed Sultan there also.
The decisive
Glaoua family, now allied with the French, drove al-Hiba back to the Sous
.
al-Hiba did not give up the struggle and continued to harass the French in his own area until his death on 23 June 1919 in Kerdous Anti-Atlas. Since then his struggle was carried on by his brother Merebbi Rebbu.
External links
- José Ramón Diego Aguirre, El Oscuro Pasado del Desierto. Approximación a la Historia del Sáhara. Casa de África, Madrid, 2004. ISBN 84-95498-64-2.
References
- ^ "الشيخ أحمد الهيبة بن الشيخ ماء العينين". aljazeera.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- ^ Haybah, Muḥammad bin al-Shaykh Aḥmad (2010). Dīwān al-shaykh Muḥammad bin al-Shaykh Aḥmad al-Haybah. Tiznīt: Jamʻīyat al-Shaykh Māʼ al-ʻAynayn lil-Tanmīyah wa-al-Thaqāfah.
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