Career
He became known as "Messadi" because he was born in Douar Oulad Ali Boumsaad (أولاد علي بومساعد). His assassination was allegedly ordered by Mehdi Ben Barka. He was first buried in Fes but in 1957 his remains were transferred to Ajdir, the stronghold of Mohamed ben Abdelkrim al-Khattabi, against the wishes of the Moroccan Ministry of the Interior then controlled by the Istiqlal party.
When security forces were sent by the ministry to repatriate the body to Fes, this sparked clashes with the population in Ajdir which led to the Rif revolt.
