Legacy
The Mohammed V International Airport of Casablanca is named after him, as well as numerous universities and various public spaces across Morocco. There is an Avenue Mohammed V in nearly every Moroccan city.
His first wife was Lalla ? bint Mamoun. She was the mother of his first daughter Lalla Fatima Zohra.
His second wife was Lalla Abla bint Tahar (Arabic: لالا عبلة بنت طهار) (born 5 September 1909 – died 1 March 1992). She was the daughter of Tahar bin Hassan. She married Mohammed V in 1929 and died in Rabat on 1 March 1992. She gave birth to five children: the future King Hassan II, Lalla Aicha (born 1930), Lalla Malika, Moulay Abdellah and Lalla Nuzha.
His third wife was Lalla Bahia, mother of his last daughter Lalla Amina.
In December 2007, The Forward reported on a secret diplomatic initiative by the Moroccan government to have Mohammed V admitted to the Righteous Among the Nations.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)