Anglo-Moroccan Treaty of 1856
| Signed | 9 December 1856 |
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| Location | Tangier, Morocco |
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| Languages | English and Arabic |
The Anglo-Moroccan Treaty of 1856 was a treaty between Morocco and the United Kingdom signed in Tangier on 9 December 1856. It was signed after lengthy negotiations between John Hay Drummond Hay and Muhammad al-Khatib, representatives of Queen Victoria and Sultan Abd al-Rahman, respectively. This treaty prolonged Morocco's independence but gave major concessions to British interests, and set a precedent.[1]
This treaty was composed of two texts: the first was a general treaty of 38 articles dealing with the status of consuls, and their privileges and their freedom of movement, as well as the settling of British subjects in the country.
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The second text was a treaty of commerce with 8 articles. The most important was Article 6, which set the customs tariffs at 10%.[2][1] The treaty abolished the Makhzen monopoly and definitively opened trade in Morocco.
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ a b Miller, Susan Gilson. (2013). A history of modern Morocco. New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-139-62469-5. OCLC 855022840.
- ^ Réforme de l'État et réformismes au Maghreb (XIXe-XXe siècles). Moreau, Odile., Ameur-Zaïmèche, Haoua, Institut de recherche sur le Maghreb contemporain. Paris: L'Harmattan. 2009. p. 83. ISBN 978-2-296-11087-8. OCLC 642298812.
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