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  MSN Encarta - Archive Article - 1939: Morocco
Morocco, a territory of northwest Africa, is divided politically into French Morocco, Spanish Morocco, and the neutral territory of Tangier.
The Sultan of Morocco, Sidi Mohammet (proclaimed Nov. 18, 1927), is the nominal ruler of both the French and Spanish Zones.
French Morocco comprises the greater part of the region extending from the Atlantic Ocean to Algeria and from the Sahara Desert on the south to the boundary of the Spanish Zone on the north.
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 MOROCCO - LoveToKnow Article on MOROCCO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Morocco is still the portion of Northern Africa about which European information is most defective, and all maps are still to a considerable extent composed of unscientific material eked out by probabilities and conjecture.
Language.The language of Morocco is Berber, of which several dialects are spoken, notably that of the Rif, towards Algeria, and the Shilha of central Morocco and the Ss.
The sultan rejected the scheme of reforms proposed by France, and at the suggestion of Germany issued The invitations to the powers to meet his representatives c~ and advise him concerning the reforms needed.
93.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MO/MOROCCO.htm   (13534 words)

  
 Morocco, country, Africa. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Ifni, formerly a Spanish-held enclave on the Atlantic coast, was ceded to Morocco in 1969.
Morocco is a constitutional monarchy and is governed under a 1972 constitution as revised in 1992.
Morocco, like the other Barbary States, was, from the 17th to the 19th cent., a base for pirates preying upon the Mediterranean trade.
www.bartleby.com /65/mo/Morocco.html   (2071 words)

  
 A short history of Morocco
Morocco is the centre of the Almoravid Sultanate from 1063 until 1147.
In the Treaty of Fez (1912) the Sultan of Morocco has to accept a French protectorate in the main part of the country (French Morocco)and a Spanish protectorate in the north and the extreme south of the country.
In 1976 Morocco annexes the northern part of the former Spanish territory of Western Sahara, followed in 1979 by the annexation of the Mauritian part of the Sahara.
www.electionworld.org /history/morocco.htm   (731 words)

  
 Morocco
Morocco has been the home of the Berbers since the second millennium B.C. In 46, Morocco was annexed by Rome as part of the province of Mauritania until the Vandals overran this portion of the declining empire in the 5th century.
In 1912, the sultan of Morocco, Moulay Abd al-Hafid, permitted the French protectorate status.
Sultan Muhammed V was deposed by the French in 1953 and replaced by his uncle, but nationalist agitation forced his return in 1955.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107800.html   (1056 words)

  
 The Great Morocco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Morocco is dominated by the Atlas mountain chain in the middle, high plateaus in the north and fertile valleys along the Atlantic all the way to Agadir.
Morocco is the Latin name given to this land, for it was known to be the host of the Moors.
Morocco is now out of his focus, and disintegrates and large parts of the country comes under the control of local tribes.
www.public.iastate.edu /~abimad/morocco.html   (1678 words)

  
 Insight Morocco Political, Economic Information News portal
Morocco shared possession of the Straits of Gibraltar with Spain, resulting in a focus of attention from the maritime powers in Europe, particularly France and Britain.
By the beginning of the 20th century Britain had recognised Morocco as a French sphere of influence and in 1904 Morocco was divided between France and Spain, with the former receiving the larger area.
Morocco ignored this decision and resolved to continue the fight alone, organising a massive demonstration known as the Green March.
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 ABD-EL-AZIZ IV - LoveToKnow Article on ABD-EL-AZIZ IV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
His attempt to reorganize the finances by the systematic levy of taxes was hailed with delight, but the government was not strong enough to carry the measures through, and the money which should have been used to pay the taxes was employed to purchase firearms.
Thus the benign intentions of Mulai Abd-el-Aziz were interpreted as weakness, and -Europeans were accused of having spoiled the sultan and of being desirous of spoiling the country.
The sultan gave his adherence to the Act of the Algeciras Conference, but the state of anarachy into which Morocco fell during the latter half of 1906 and the beginning of 1907 showed that the young ruler lacked strength sufficient to make his will respected by his turbulent subjects.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AB/ABD_EL_AZIZ_IV.htm   (616 words)

  
 History of MOROCCO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
The conference affirms the independence of the sultan of Morocco, but at the same time puts in place international supervision of his affairs with the leading role taken by France.
Morocco is back to its pre-colonial borders, and is ruled still by its pre-colonial dynasty.
Morocco's response is to annexe the Mauritanian part of the territory.
www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac97   (1896 words)

  
 IBN KHALDUN
Sultan Muhammad was a friend of Sultan Abu Salem, who had helped Ibn Khaldun when he was deported to Andalusia by Sultan Abu Enan.
Sultan Barquq staged a counter-revolt and was restored to his former throne.
Sultan Faraj and his army were on their way to Damascus, and it seems that Ibn Khaldun was asked, firmly, to accompany the sultan to Damascus.
www.cis-ca.org /voices/k/khaldun_mn.htm   (5447 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Ibn Battuta Article
At the instigation of the Sultan of Morocco, Ibn Battuta dictated an acco...
At the instigation of the Sultan of Morocco, Ibn Battuta dictated an account of his journeys to a scholar named Ibn Juzayy, whom he had met while in Iberia.
The Sultanate of Delhi was a relatively new addition to Dar al-Islam, and Sultan Muhammed Tughlaq had resolved to import as many Muslim scholars and other functionaries as possible to consolidate his rule.
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 Morocco: History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Morocco is however a modern name of the region.
Morocco falls into civil war, and is divided into smaller sultanates.
The sultan, Muhammad 5, takes over a country more united than most of his predecessors did, and with n infrastructure with irrigation, roads and railroads.
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 USMOROCCO
Morocco and the United States have a long history of friendly relations.
Consul and the Sultan's desire to be at peace with the United States.
Morocco highly satisfactory and passed a note of thanks to Barclay and to Spain for help in the negotiations.
moroccodestination.com /USMOROCCO.html   (2228 words)

  
 Royalty.nu - African History and Royalty - The Royal Family of Morocco
Sultan Abd al-Aziz IV displeased Moroccans by cooperating with the Europeans and was deposed in 1908.
Biography of a 17th century sultan of Morocco, whose policies combined a vision of the future with a longing for the past.
At the age of 5, Malika Oufkir was adopted by King Mohammed V of Morocco and sent to live at the royal court.
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 Morocco
Morocco grew into an even greater object of European rivalry by the turn of the century, almost leading to a European war in 1905 when Germany attempted to gain a foothold in the mineral-rich country.
Spain, which had controlled the territory since 1912, withdrew in 1976, creating a power vacuum that was filled by Morocco in the north and Mauritania in the south.
The Polisario and Morocco agreed in Sept. 1991 to a UN-negotiated cease-fire, which was contingent on a referendum regarding independence.
www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107800.html   (983 words)

  
 Abd Ar Rahman Sultan of Morocco: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
...Caliphs of Egypt 764 The Mameluk Sultans of Egypt 765 BIBLIOGRAPHY...England, 1066-1377 303 The Saljuq Sultans 332 Latin Kings of Jerusalem and Cyprus 352 The...
In Algeria and Morocco, it was European colonization that abolished the inferior status...
ABD AR-RAHMAN, sultan of Morocco 1778 1859, sultan of Morocco (1822 59).
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 The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Morocco @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
MOROCCO [Morocco], officially Kingdom of Morocco, kingdom (1994 est.
Berbers inhabited Morocco at the end of the 2d millennium BC In Roman times Morocco was roughly coextensive with the province of Mauretania Tingitania.
The Almohads, who succeeded (c.1174) the Almoravids, at first ruled both Morocco and Spain, but the Merinid dynasty (1259-1550), after some triumphs, was limited to Morocco.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1E1:Morocco&refid=ip_almanac_hf   (2077 words)

  
 King of Morocco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a partial list of Kings of Morocco.
Before 1957, the office was known as Sultan.
See also: History of Morocco, Politics of Morocco.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sultan_of_Morocco   (99 words)

  
 Morocco (Alaoui Dynasty)
A French protectorate was imposed on Morocco by the Treaty of Fès on 30/3/1912 and the country was then divided administratively with the Spanish government under the Treaty of Madrid on 27/11/1912.
The legitimate Sultan was restored in late 1955 and, as King Mohammed V led Morocco to independance from France on 2/3/1956, and from Spain on 7/7/1956.
In pre-colonial Morocco, it was used for the formal representatives of the Sultan in Marrakech, Fès and Meknès, the old "imperial" capitals.
www.usa-morocco.org /alaoui.htm   (2335 words)

  
 Timeline Morocco
Morocco sent 4,000 soldiers under the Muslim Spaniard Judar Pasha to conquer Songhai.
2002 Nov 6, In Morocco King Mohammed VI said the call for a referendum in Western Sahara to determine whether the people want independence is "null" and "inapplicable," his first public dismissal of the plan first put forward in 1991.
It was the first prisoner release since the UN Security Council voted in July to urge Morocco and the Polisario to accept a new plan to settle the long-running dispute over the Western Sahara.
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 Brudirect.com  - Local News
His Majesty the Sultan of Brunei has sent congratulatory messages to His Majesty King Mohammed VI, the King of the Kingdom of Morocco, on the anniversary of his Accession to the Throne.
In his message, the Sultan expressed his satisfaction with the warm and friendly relations and deep understanding that had so long been established between Brunei Darussalam and the Kingdom of Morocco.
At the same time, in a congratulatory message to Driss Jetou, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Morocco, His Majesty congratulated him and the government and people of the Kingdom of Morocco on the occasion of the Anniversary of Accession to the Throne of His Majesty King Mohammed VI.
www.brudirect.com /DailyInfo/News/Archive/July04/300704/nite17.htm   (218 words)

  
 The Sultan’s Jew: Morocco and the Sephardi World - Daniel J. Schroeter
This pathbreaking study uses the extraordinary life of Meir Macnin, a prosperous Jewish merchant, as a lens for examining the Jewish community of Morocco and its relationship to the Sephardi world in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Macnin, a member of one of the most prominent Jewish families in Marrakesh, became the most important merchant for the sultans who ruled Morocco, and was their chief intermediary between Morocco and Europe.
The early-nineteenth-century sultan Mawlay Sulayman confined Jews in a number of Moroccan cities to newly created Jewish quarters as part of a policy of defining boundaries between Muslims and Jews.
www.sup.org /cgi-bin/search/book_desc.cgi?book_id=3777   (472 words)

  
 MOROCCO9
1836, eldest son of H.M. Sidi Muhammad IV bin 'Abdu'l-Rahman, Sultan of Morocco, educ.
Rebelled and proclaimed as Sultan in the Haouz of Marrakesh 1895, and at Zair 1908.
Rebelled and proclaimed Sultan by the tribes of Zair, Zayan and Chararda 1911 and in Meknes April 1911.
4dw.net /royalark/Morocco/morocco9.htm   (429 words)

  
 European Treaties affecting Morocco, Moroccan History
To come to assistance with Sultan in the organization of this police, of officer and warrant officer instructor Spanish, of officer and warrant officer instructor French, be put with its provision by their Government respective, which subject their designation with approval of Its Majesty Of the Sherifs.
The actions brought in Morocco by the Bank will be carried in front of the Commercial court of the defendant or the Marocaine jurisdiction, in accordance with the terms of reference laid down by the Treaties and Firmans Chérifiens.
Any captain of a trading ship, coming from abroad or Morocco, will have, within the twenty-four hours of his admission in free circulation in one of the ports of the Empire, to deposit at the customs house an exact copy of his proclamation, signed by him and certified by the trustee of the ship.
www.warflag.com /shadow/history/treaties/engalgericas1906.htm   (9746 words)

  
 The Sultan of Morocco and his Entourage by DELACROIX, Eugène
They include the Jewish Wedding in Morocco, The Fanatics of Tangier and The Sultan of Morocco and his Entourage.
Thus the decor of the Jewish Wedding in Morocco exactly matches that recorded in a watercolour in the notebook, while his notes give an exact description of the painting that was to come.
The Sultan of Morocco and his Entourage was intended to immortalise the Comte de Mornay's diplomatic mission, his successful meeting with the Sultan.
www.wga.hu /html/d/delacroi/4/407delac.html   (171 words)

  
 The Avalon Project : Cape Spartel Lighthouse - May 31, 1865
His Majesty Sherifienne, having, in an interest of humanity, ordered the construction, at the expense of the Government of Morocco, of a lighthouse at Cape Spartel, consents to devolve, throughout the duration of the present convention, the superior direction and administration of this establishment on the representatives of the contracting Powers.
The Government of Morocco not at this time having any marine, either of war or commerce, the expenses necessary for upholding and managing the light-house shall be borne by the contracting Powers by means of an annual contribution, the quota of which shall be alike for all of them.
He engages, besides, to provide for, by all the means in his power, in case of war, whether internal or external, the preservation of this establishment, as well as for the safety of the keepers and persons employed.
www.cis.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/intdip/usmulti/usmu009.htm   (744 words)

  
 Morocco, country, Africa: History
inhabited Morocco at the end of the 2d millennium B.C. In Roman times Morocco was roughly coextensive with the province of Mauretania Tingitania.
overran (c.1062) Morocco and established a kingdom stretching from Spain to Senegal.
Morocco pays price of neglecting rest of Africa: Morocco appears to have neglected building up relations with other African countries, especially further to the south, and has paid the price for this neglect.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0859770.html   (1538 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Ismail, sultan of Morocco (North African History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
AllRefer.com - Ismail, sultan of Morocco (North African History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Ismail, sultan of Morocco, North African History, Biographies
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 MOROCCO8
1859 - 1873 H.M. Sultan Sidi Muhammad IV bin 'Abdu'l-Rahman, Sultan of Morocco.
1803, second son of H.M. Sultan 'Abu Zaid Mulay 'Abdu'l-Rahman bin Hisham, Sultan of Morocco, educ.
Ambassador at the Court of St James's 1957-1964, and to Italy 1964-1967, Mbr.
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