Ahmed al-Hiba

Ahmed al-Hiba
The French periodical Le Petit Journal's portrayal of al-Hiba's call to arms to his partisans. 1 September 1912.
Native name
أحمد الهيبة
Born9 September 1877
Died26 June 1919
Years of service1910–1919
Battles/warsBattle of Sidi Bou Othman

Ahmed al-Hiba (Arabic: أحمد الهيبة, also known as The Blue Sultan; 9 September 1877 – 26 June 1919), was a leader of an armed resistance to the French colonial power in southern Morocco, and pretender to the sultanate of Morocco.[1] In English texts he is usually named simply El Hiba. In addition to his revolutionary activity, Ahmed al-Hiba was a prolific poet.[2]

  1. ^ "الشيخ أحمد الهيبة بن الشيخ ماء العينين". aljazeera.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  2. ^ Haybah, Muḥammad bin al-Shaykh Aḥmad (2010). Dīwān al-shaykh Muḥammad bin al-Shaykh Aḥmad al-Haybah. Tiznīt: Jamʻīyat al-Shaykh Māʼ al-ʻAynayn lil-Tanmīyah wa-al-Thaqāfah.

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