Madani El Glaoui

Moroccan statesman (1860–1918) Illustration in a French newspaper in 1912, depicting Madani El Glaoui (centre) and his brother Thami (right) receiving honors from the French general Hubert Lyautey (left) Si El Madani El Glaoui (1860 – July 1918; born Madani El Mezouari El Glaoui, Arabic: المدني المزواري الڭلاوي, romanized: al-Madanī al-Mazwarī al-Glāwī; Tachelhit: Lmadani Aglawu), nicknamed "the Faqīh" ("the Literate"), was a prominent statesman in Morocco during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was largely responsible for establishing the Glaoui family's power in the country. Descendant of a family in the service of the Moroccan Makhzen since the reign of Moulay Ismail, and invested by Moulay Hassan, Si El Madani served four successive sultans with several functions, culminating in his appointment in 1908 as Grand Vizier (صدر أعظم in Arabic) under Moulay Abdelhafid before being dismissed in 1911 at the urging of France, whose increasing influence in Moroccan affairs he had opposed. Life and career The Glaoui family (also transliterated as Glawi) was one of the most powerful political clans in Morocco in the later 19th century and in t