Lalla Fatima bint Suleiman
للا فاطمة بنت سليمان
BornLalla Fatima bint Suleiman al-Alaoui
SpouseSidi Mohammed III
(m. circa 1740 - died 1790)
IssueMoulay Mohammed Ali
Moulay Abdelmalik
Moulay El Mamoun
Sultan Moulay Hisham
Lalla Sofia
Lalla Lubabah
Lalla Sitt'al'Mulk
Moulay Abdeselam
HouseAlaouite
FatherPrince Moulay Suleiman al-Alaoui
ReligionIslam

Princess Lalla Fatima bint Suleiman (Arabic: للا فاطمة بنت سليمان), was one of the wives of Sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah (r. 1757–1790), and the mother of Sultan Moulay Hisham (r. 1792 – 1797).

Life

Princess Lalla Fatima was born to Moulay Suleiman, who is either a son of Moulay Ismail[1][2] or a son of Moulay Rachid.[3] Her mother's identity is not recorded. In the 1740s she married her cousin the then prince Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah, she was his first wife.[4] During his reign she was known as Mulat'ud'Dar (The Lady of the House).[1] By her high birth and personal merit she enjoyed a very high ascendancy over the mind of Sidi Mohammed III[4] and was one of his favorite wives. This ensured her also the attachment and veneration of the people,[4] she having with the outmost prudence attended to the government of Morocco, when the monarch was absent.[4]

She intervened before Infanta Luisa of Spain for the release of two Moroccan women galley prisoners[5] in Spain in exchange for Christian female captives imprisoned in Morocco.[5] The two royal women were friends and had already conversed in the past.[5] William Lempriere who met Lalla Fatima in 1789 for a medical consultation upon her request, described her as a perfect Moorish beauty.[6] With round and prominent cheeks blushed in deep red,[6] small black eyes and a face completely guiltless of expression.[6] During her consultation she requested him to be seated close by her side and to feel her pulse as she complained of a slight cold.[6]

The regret of the empire, at her death, was equal to her merit and her virtues,[4] she was widowed of her husband and died after him.

Descendance

Lalla Fatima and Sultan Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah had several children:

  • Moulay Abdeselam,[7] he was renowned as a poet and philosopher.[17] In Marrakesh, his father offered him a property located in a green area between the royal kasbah and the medina.[11] Today this property survives as a public park named Asrat Abdeselam.[17] In 1793, accompanied by his daughter Lalla Amina and his wives, he began a journey to Portugal then under the reign of Queen Maria I.[18] The Atlantic journey proved perilous, several stopovers in the Portuguese Atlantic islands were required which delayed their arrival on the continent.[18] Moulay Abdelslam's boat docked in Portugal before that of his daughter and his wives, which arrived a little later on June 13 at the port of Cascais.[18] One of his wives perished during this trip (the mother-in-law of Lalla Amina),[18] their boat having seriously suffered from bad weather.[18]

References

  1. 1 2 trans. from Arabic by Eugène Fumet, Ahmed ben Khâled Ennâsiri. Kitâb Elistiqsâ li-Akhbâri doual Elmâgrib Elaqsâ [« Le livre de la recherche approfondie des événements des dynasties de l'extrême Magrib »], vol. IX : Chronique de la dynastie alaouie au Maroc (PDF) (in French). Ernest Leroux. p. 362.
  2. ↑ ibn zaydan. durafakhira (in Arabic). p. 30.
  3. ↑ Chénier, Louis de (1788). The present state of the empire of Morocco: Its animals, products,...The history of the dynasties since Edris... Johnson Reprint Corporation. pp. 312–313.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Chénier, Louis de (1788). The present state of the empire of Morocco: Its animals, products,...The history of the dynasties since Edris... Johnson Reprint Corporation. pp. 312–313.
  5. 1 2 3 Moha (dir.), SADIQI Fatima, NOWAIRA Amira, EL KHOLY Azza et ENNAJI (5 February 2013). Des femmes écrivent l'Afrique. L'Afrique du Nord (in French). KARTHALA Editions. p. 169. ISBN 978-2-8111-0732-1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. 1 2 3 4 Lempriere, William (1793). A Tour from Gibraltar to Tangier: Sallee, Mogodore, Santa Cruz, Tarudant; and Thence, Over Mount Atlas, to Morocco: Including a Particular Account of the Royal Harem, &c. By William Lempriere, Surgeon. J. Walter; and sold. pp. 373–374.
  7. 1 2 3 4 trans. from Arabic by Eugène Fumet, Ahmed ben Khâled Ennâsiri. Kitâb Elistiqsâ li-Akhbâri doual Elmâgrib Elaqsâ [" Le livre de la recherche approfondie des événements des dynasties de l'extrême Magrib "], vol. IX : Chronique de la dynastie alaouie au Maroc (PDF) (in French). Ernest Leroux. p. 382.
  8. ↑ trans. from Arabic by Eugène Fumet, Ahmed ben Khâled Ennâsiri. Kitâb Elistiqsâ li-Akhbâri doual Elmâgrib Elaqsâ [" Le livre de la recherche approfondie des événements des dynasties de l'extrême Magrib "], vol. IX : Chronique de la dynastie alaouie au Maroc (PDF) (in French). Ernest Leroux. pp. 335–338.
  9. ↑ "AbdulMalik Al Hassan". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Maimun Al Hassan". geni_family_tree. 1750. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Ghachem-Benkirane, Narjess; Saharoff, Philippe (1990). Marrakech, demeures et jardins secrets (in French). www.acr-edition.com. p. 62. ISBN 978-2-86770-043-9.
  12. ↑ Willan, Anne; Friedman, Amy (17 September 2013). One Souffle at a Time: A Memoir of Food and France. St. Martin's Publishing Group. p. 95. ISBN 978-1-4668-3702-7.
  13. ↑ "Sofia Al Hassan". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  14. ↑ "Lubabah Al Hassan". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  15. ↑ Zayyānī, Abū al-Qāsim ibn Aḥmad al- (1734-1833) Auteur du texte (1886). Le Maroc de 1631 à 1812 / de Aboulqâsem ben Ahmed Ezziâni ; publié et traduit par O. Houdas. p. 143.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ↑ "Sitti alMulk Al Hassan". geni_family_tree. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  17. 1 2 Layton, Monique (22 November 2011). Notes from Elsewhere: Travel and Other Matters. iUniverse. p. 102. ISBN 978-1-4620-3650-9.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 Le Magasin pittoresque (in French). Jouvet & cie. 1869. p. 127.
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