Princess

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Nuzha (29 October 1940 – 2 September 1977) was a sister of the late King

Hassan II of Morocco Hassan II ( ar, الحسن الثاني, translit=al-Ḥasan aṯ-ṯhānī;), with the prefix "Mulay" before his enthronement 9 July 1929 – 23 July 1999) was the King of Morocco from 1961 until his death in 1999. He was a member of the 'Ala ...

, and daughter of King

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and his second wife,

Lalla Abla bint Tahar Princess Lalla Abla bint Tahar (5 September 1909 – 1 March 1992) was the second wife of Mohammed V of Morocco. She was the daughter of ''Moulay'' Mohammed al-Tahar bin Hassan, a son of Sultan Hassan I of Morocco and twin brother of Sultan Mo ...

Biography

At the Dar al-Makhzin in Rabat, on 29 October 1964 (her birthday), she was married to Ahmed Osman (born at

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on 3 January 1930), Secretary General Ministry of National Defence (1959–1961), Ambassador to

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(1961–1962), and the

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(1967–1972), Under Secretary Ministry of Mines and Industry (1962–1964), President of the Moroccan General Navigation Company (1964–1967),

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(1972–1979), President of the

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(RNI) since 1977, President of the National Assembly (1984–1992). They had an only son: ''Moulay'' Nawfal Osman. During

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, she died in a car crash near

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Honours

* Dame Grand Cordon of the

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(Kingdom of Morocco).

References

20th-century Moroccan women 1940 births 1977 deaths Daughters of kings Moroccan princesses Moroccan exiles in Madagascar Road incident deaths in Morocco {{Morocco-bio-stub