[3] He was the son of a leader of Aknoul who fought for the French under General Hubert Lyautey against the Rif rebels under Muhammad Ibn 'Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi.

[4] His father's throat was cut during the fighting, but he survived; he gained the nickname "Medbouh", meaning "Cutthroat", which he passed on to his son.

[citation needed] In January 1957 there was an armed revolt against the king by Brahim Zedki Addi ou Bihi, the governor of Tafilalt province.

Captain Mohamed Medbough was leader of one of two infantry battalions that moved into the mountains to suppress the revolt, which was achieved without difficulty.

[4] In July 1963 an alleged plot by the leftist National Union of Popular Forces party to kill the king in his bed was foiled.

While there, at the request of King Hassan II, he made inquiries into the reason why Pan American World Airways had decided against building an Intercontinental Hotel in Casablanca.

[9] In a squabble between the coup leaders, M'hamed Ababou apparently shot Mohamed Medbouh at an early stage.

General Mohamed Oufkir arranged for loyal soldiers to oust the cadets from a radio station in Rabat from which they were proclaiming the end of the monarchy.