Part 4 : The Protectorate Treaty and the establishment of a new regime in Morocco (1912-1915)

Collection title

Twentieth century Morocco

ID

SNR00324

Source

SNRT (MA)

First broadcast date

06/02/2004

Production year

2003

Abstract

On March 30th, 1912, the Sultan Abdelhafidh signed the document stating Morocco as a French and Spanish Protectorate. That was followed by an uprising in the city of Fes and its neighboring tribes. The French troops intervention to restrain the uprising led to a great number of victims. So as to restore order, France established regulations for a new system of governance in Morocco : the capital was moved from Fes to Rabat, the Sultan Abelhafidh was removed and replaced by Moulay Youcef. As to the northern part occupied by Spain, after quelling the resistance of the rural tribes led by Cherif Ameziane, Moulay El Mahdi was appointed successor to the Sultan in Tetouan, the capital of the northern region, in 1913.

Type

video

Production companies

• SNRT - Own production

Broadcaster

SNRT - AlAoula

Audiovisual form

Documentary

Personalities

• El Alaoui Abdelhafid

Primary theme

Contemporary historical challenges 19th-20th c.

Secondary themes

• Historical heritages / Arab and muslim worlds

Credits / Cast

• Alhayane Idriss - Director
• El Harradi Mohamed - Journalist

Period of events

• From 1900 to 1925

Map locations

• Morocco - Atlantic coast - Rabat
• Morocco - North - Tetouan

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

10m14

Additional information

Photos from archives from the French National Institute of Audiovisuel (INA)