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    and silver to the city in caravans. His son and successor, Ali Ibn Yusuf, built the Ben Youssef Mosque, the city's main mosque, between 1120 and 1132. He...
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    named after the adjacent Ben Youssef Mosque, which was originally the main mosque of the city, founded by the Almoravid Sultan Ali ibn Yusuf (r. 1106–1142...
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    Sharif Moulay Youssef Alaoui (Arabic: مولاي يوسف العلوي) (born c. 1969 in Rabat) is a cousin of Mohammed VI. He is reportedly a close friend of the King...
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    ISBN 2747523888. CommunesMaroc. "Sidi Youssef Ben Ali - Marrakech - Marrakech-Safi - Commune-urbaine Sidi Youssef Ben Ali - Communes & Villes du Maroc". Communemaroc...
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    of stone") and the city's first Friday mosque (the site of the future Ben Youssef Mosque). The Ksar el-Hajjar was located directly north of today's Kutubiyya...
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    arrondissements of Annakhil, Gueliz, Marrakech-Médina, Ménara and Sidi Youssef Ben Ali. In the 2014 census, the High Commission for Planning gave the legal...
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    gate known as Bab ash-Sharia.: 114  Sidi Yusuf ibn 'Ali as-Sanhaji (also known as Sidi Youssef Ben Ali), died 1196.: 271  He is buried in a zawiya dedicated...
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    Marinid-era Ben Salah Mosque, the Barrima Mosque, Zawiya of Sidi Bel Abbes, Zawiya of Sidi Ben Slimane al-Jazuli, Zawiya of Sidi Youssef Ben Ali, Sidi Moulay...
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    large water basin. This area was originally a Saadian-era garden, the Arsat Ben Chegra, named after a Saadian vizier. On the south side of the palace are...
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    mortar with his own hands. Ibn Tashfin's son and successor, Ali ibn Yusuf (or "Ben Youssef" from the French transliteration), built a grand new central...
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    2009–May 31, 2011) Hicham Dmiai (June 1, 2012–1?) Ahmed Bahja (2016) Youssef Meriana (2016–2017) Faouzi Jamal (Apr 30, 2018–Dec 16, 2018) Aziz El Amri...
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    transferred to his new mosque the Almoravid minbar of the Ben Youssef Mosque, originally commissioned by Ali ibn Yusuf from a workshop in Cordoba. Modern archeological...
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    1125, by the Almoravid ruler Ali ibn Yusuf.: 43  Scholars have generally accepted that it belonged to the nearby Ben Youssef Mosque, the main mosque of...
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    of Sidi Bel Abbes Zawiya of Muhammad Ben Sliman al-Jazuli Zawiya of Sidi Abd el-Aziz Zawiya of Sidi Youssef Ben Ali Zawiya of Sidi Abdallah al-Ghazwani...
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  • Morocco, divided into Marrakesh-Medina, Marrakesh-Menara and Sidi Youssef Ben Ali, which form part of the region of Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz along...
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  • Errachidia 26: Marrakech-Menara 27: Marrakech-Medina 28: Marrakech-Sidi Youssef Ben-Ali 29: El-Haouz 30: Chichaoua 31: Kelâat Es-Sraghna 32: Essaouira 33:...
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    Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (Arabic: زين العابدين بن علي, romanized: Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn bin ʿAlī, Tunisian Arabic: Zīn il-ʿĀbdīn bin ʿAlī; 3 September 1936 –...
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    of Sidi Bel Abbes Zawiya of Muhammad Ben Sliman al-Jazuli Zawiya of Sidi Abd el-Aziz Zawiya of Sidi Youssef Ben Ali Zawiya of Sidi Abdallah al-Ghazwani...
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    (roughly "governor" or other high official) of Marrakech by the Sultan Moulay Youssef in 1912. For years he was the most powerful political figure of the Moroccan...
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    Salah Ben Youssef (Arabic: صالح بن يوسف, romanized: Ṣalāḥ ibn Yūsuf; October 11, 1907 – August 12, 1961) was a Tunisian politician and one of the key...
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    Tunis on 1 June 1955, but was challenged by Salah Ben Youssef for the party leader position. Ben Youssef and his supporters disagreed with Bourguiba's "soft"...
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    underground hydraulic infrastructure of vaults and channels. Saadian Tombs Ben Youssef Madrasa List of Moroccan royal residences Wikimedia Commons has media...
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    qibla (the direction of prayer). The mihrab here resembles that of the Ben Youssef Madrasa (also Saadian in origin): a horseshoe arch surrounded by elaborate...
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    Antoine Marchisio on the 15-hectare palace and garden that Sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah gave to his son, Moulay Mamoun in the 18th century. The hotel opened...
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    of Sidi Bel Abbes Zawiya of Muhammad Ben Sliman al-Jazuli Zawiya of Sidi Abd el-Aziz Zawiya of Sidi Youssef Ben Ali Zawiya of Sidi Abdallah al-Ghazwani...
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    founder of the Authenticity and Modernity Party, the king's friend, Fouad Ali El Himma, being the cousin of his brother-in-law. She was educated in French...
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    Bassem Raafat Mohamed Youssef (born 22 March 1974) is an Egyptian-American comedian, television host, and surgeon. Beginning his career with The B+ Show...
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  • Ali Ben Salem (Arabic: علي بن سالم) or Ali Kchouk (1931 – 27 July 2023) was a Tunisian human rights activist and anti-colonialist, born in Bizerte. He...
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  • arrondissements Annakhil Gueliz Marrakech-Medina Menara Sidi Youssef Ben Ali neighbourhoods Kasbah Mellah Mouassine Palmeraie outlying villages Douar...
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    Marrakesh-Medina Prefecture of Marrakesh-Menara Prefecture of Sidi Youssef Ben Ali Al Haouz Province Chichaoua Province El Kelâat Es-Sraghna Province...
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