Mohammed Daoud

For the first President of Afghanistan, see Mohammed Daoud Khan

Mohammed Daoud (1901-1984) was a Moroccan writer and historian and a major nationalist in Northern Morocco during its struggle for independence from occupation by Spanish forces. He was the author of the twelve volume Tarikh Titwan (History of Tetouan) and a publisher of the magazine Es-Salam.

Daoud tutored both the caliph, Muley Hassan ben el Mehdi and Ahmed Belbachir Haskouri in Tetuan's palace where they both grew up.^[1]

In 1923, Daoud became the head of a secondary school founded by El Haj Abdesselam Bennouna. He was also a prominent member of the Human Rights League in Tetouan and the Hispano-Musulmane Association.^[2]

References

1. ↑ Raissouni, Mohammed Muntasir(1995). "Sha'ir El Wazir Mohammed Ben Musa" (Poeta Ministro Mohammed Ben Musa)Rabat, Marruecos: Companía de Publicación Okad p. 40
2. ↑ Biography by Mustafa Mohamed As-Sa su, Ustad al-gil. al-ra´id al-kabir al-marhum Mohamed Daud fi mahraganih at-ta´biyni, Tetuan : Gami at qudama´Ma had Mulay al-mahdi, 1984 (44 p)

• Al-Rasa'il al Mutabadala Bayna 'Allal al Fasi wa Muhammad Dawud, Letters exchanged between Allal al-Fassi and Muhammad Daoud
• Tarikh Titwan (History of Tetouan), Tétouan:Ma’had Maulay al-Hasan, 1979, not only important as historical writing, but also as a corpus of hitherto unpublished private and official documents, particularly for nineteenth century Moroccan history