Lalla Masuda

Mas'uda al-Wizkitiya
مسعودة الوزكيتية
Died1591
Burial
Saadian Tombs
SpouseMohammed al-Shaykh
IssueAhmad al-Mansur
HouseSaadi dynasty (by marriage)
FatherSheikh Abu al-'Abaas Ahmed bin Abdellah al-Wizkiti
ReligionIslam

Mas'uda al-Wizkitiya (Arabic: مسعودة الوزكيتية; died 1591), known popularly in Morocco as Lala 'Auda (للا عودة) and in Western sources as Lalla Masuda, was a Moroccan political figure in the Saadi Dynasty.[1][2][3] She is remembered for her humanitarian, charity, political, and development work.[1] She was the wife of the Saadian Sultan Mohammed al-Shaykh and mother of their son Sultan Ahmad al-Mansur.[1]

Lalla Masuda was the daughter of the sheikh[4] of the qasba of Warzazat, Sheikh Abu al-'Abaas Ahmed bin Abdellah al-Wizkiti al-Warzazi, who had a hand in establishing Saadian control over the Sous-Dra'a region.[1][5] She is considered a waliya, or saint.[3]

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  3. ^ a b "لالة عودة الصّالحة.. بانية المساجد وحاضنة الأيتام". مغرس. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  4. ^ Coustou, Josée Balagna (1999-10-01). OUDA.: Princesse marocaine 1532-1591 (in French). Editions L'Harmattan. p. 9. ISBN 978-2-296-39639-5.
  5. ^ مغرس مسعودة الوزكيتية .. الأميرة الحسنة Archived 2017-12-23 at the Wayback Machine