What the records say
- When
- 9 Dec 1856
- Kind
- Treaty
- Coordinates
- 35.77° N, 5.80° W
- Description
- 1856 treaty between Morocco and the United Kingdom
Anglo-Moroccan Treaty of 1856
1856 treaty between Morocco and the United Kingdom
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.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “traité commercial entre le Maroc et la Grande-Bretagne, aboutissement du travail diplomatique du consul britannique auprès du sultan depuis 1844, Drummond-Hay”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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