The Meknes Royal Military Academy (military school of Dar El-Beida before 1961) is the

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officer initial training centre. Created by Sultan Muley Yusef in 1918 at

Meknes Meknes ( ar, مكناس, maknās, ; ber, ⴰⵎⴽⵏⴰⵙ, amknas; french: Meknès) is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco, located in northern central Morocco and the sixth largest city by population in the kingdom. Founded in the 11th c ...

, it is a unique military institution in North Africa, it was originally created to train the sons of the Moroccan elites close to the colonial administration to become army officers designed to lead the Moroccan troops in the French army and later become exercising administrative positions in the Makhzen like pachas, caïds or khalifas. In 1961,academie royale militaire meknès
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Mohamed Medbouh Mohamed Medbouh ( ar, محمد المدبوح; b. 1927 in Aknoul - d. 10 July 1971 in Skhirat) was a senior Moroccan Army officer. He was Minister of Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones in the government of Abdallah Ibrahim (1958-1960). He was co-o ...

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Ahmed Dlimi Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet. Etymology The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ve ...

.Le militaire des élèves officiers marocains de Dar El-Beïda à Meknès
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Origins

Originally built by Sultan Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah between 1760 and 1775, within the vast

Kasbah A kasbah (, also ; ar, قَـصَـبَـة, qaṣaba, lit=fortress,