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Also Known As Abd al-Aziz IV • ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥasanī al-ʿAlawī
Born February 24, 1878 or February 18, 1881
Died June 10, 1943 • Tangier • Morocco
Title / Office sultan (1894-1908), Morocco
Notable Family Members brother Abd al-Hafid

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