Alawi dynasty
The 'Alawi dynasty – also rendered in English as Alaouite, 'Alawid, or Alawite – is the current Moroccan royal family and reigning dynasty. They are an Arab sharifian dynasty and claim descent from the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his... Wikipedia
Current head: Mohammed VI
Estate(s): Morocco
Founded: 1631; 393 years ago
Founder: Sharif bin Ali (died 1659)
Parent house: Banu Hassan, of Banu Hashim, of Quraysh
Style(s): Amir al-Mu'minin
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