Mohamed Mokhtar Soussi

محمد المختار السوسي (Known as "Reda Soussi")

Encyclopedic Historian, Nationalist Leader, Minister of Crown Endowments, Author of Al-Ma'sul

Born 1900

Illigh (Sous), Morocco

Passed Away Nov 17, 1963 Rabat, Morocco

Lifespan 63 years old

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"A nation whose sons document their heritage with love cannot be extinguished by colonial decrees."

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Encyclopedic Moroccan historian, poet, and nationalist leader who authored the monumental 20-volume regional encyclopedia Al-Ma'sul while exiled by French authorities in the Anti-Atlas.

Biographical Record

A native of the historic zawiya of Illigh in the Sous, Mohamed Mokhtar Soussi was educated at the Qarawiyyin in Fez, becoming an active leader of the Moroccan nationalist movement. Exiled by the French Protectorate to his native village in 1941, he spent a decade conducting oral interviews and archival excavations.

His 20-volume masterpiece *Al-Ma'sul* documented every poet, jurist, village rebellion, and social custom of southern Morocco across a millennium. Following independence, he was appointed Minister of Crown Endowments and member of the Royal Cabinet of King Mohammed V.

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Final Resting Place

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Chouhada Cemetery
Rabat, Morocco

                         GPS: 34.0200, -6.8400                    

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