SULTAN OF MOROCCO
MULAY YUSSUF DEAD By Cable.—Press Association. — Copyright. LONDON, Thursday. The death has occurred of the Sultan of Morocco, Mulay Yussuf, aged 45. He will probably be succeeded by his son. Prince Mulary Idris.—A. anil N.Z.-Sun. The Sultan of Morocco, Mulay Yussuf, was born in JSS2 at Meknes, Morocco. Me is a son of the Sultan Mulay Ha>san, who ruled from 1873 to 1894 as the 14th of the line whi< i has held the Sultanate of Morocco (Maghred Aksa) sin< o 1832. After Mulay Hassaifs death the Sultan Abd-el-Aziz reigned until 1908. In that year he was compelled to abdicate in favour of his brother. Mu lav Hafid. The latter had risen against him with the help of the French, who, by occupation of Casablanca, had obtained a footing in Morocco in 1907. After Mulay Hafid had been induced by the French to sign an agreement consenting to a French protectorate, however, he found himself unable to hold his own against the attacks of some of thMoorish tribes. He therefore abdicated on August 12, 1912, in consideration «.f a lump sum of francs He has since lived at Marseilles. In his stead the French placed on the throne his brother, Mulay Yussuf. They have since protected him against any efforts to supplant him, and the succession is to go to his eldest son.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 206, 19 November 1927, Page 9
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