Hajj Mohamed Daoud

محمد داود (Known as "Mohamed Daoud")

Historian of Northern Morocco, Educator, Author of Tarikh Titwan

Born Oct 14, 1900

Tetouan, Morocco

Passed Away May 02, 1984 Tetouan, Morocco

Lifespan 83 years old

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"Education is the mother of freedom; an enlightened nation cannot be held in bondage."

Archival Overview

Pioneering northern Moroccan educator and master historian who founded the Free School of Tetouan (Al-Ahlia) and authored the monumental twelve-volume Tarikh Titwan (History of Tetouan).

Biographical Record

Mohamed Daoud was the intellectual dean of Tetouan during the 20th century. In 1924, he founded the private modern Moroccan school 'Al-Madrasa al-Ahlia' to educate northern Moroccan youth in Arabic literature, sciences, and patriotic history free from Spanish colonial curricula.

He served as secretary of state for education in the northern Khalifa government and authored Tarikh Titwan (History of Tetouan) in twelve volumes, a peerless encyclopedic history of northern Morocco's diplomatic, military, and artistic heritage.

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Final Resting Place

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Sidi al-Mandri Cemetery
Tetouan, Morocco

                         GPS: 35.5714, -5.3724                    

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