Editing Spanish protectorate in Morocco

{{Short description|1912–1956 protectorate in northwest Africa}}
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{{Infobox country
| native_name            = {{native name|es|Protectorado español en Marruecos}}<br />{{native name|ar|الحماية الإسبانية في المغرب}}
| conventional_long_name = Spanish protectorate in Morocco
| common_name            = Spanish Morocco
| era                    = [[Interwar period]]
| status                 = [[Spain|Spanish]] [[protectorate]]
| empire                 = Spain
| life_span              = 1912–1956
| event_start            = [[Treaty Between France and Spain Regarding Morocco|Treaty of Madrid]]
| year_start             = 1912
| date_start             = 27 November
| event_end              = Retroceded to [[Morocco]]
| year_end               = 1956
| date_end               = 7 April
| event1                 = [[Rif War]]
| date_event1            = June 1921 – May 1926
| event2                 = [[Tangier Protocol]]
| event3                 = [[July 1936 military uprising in Melilla|Nationalist uprising]]
| date_event3            = July 1936
| event4                 = [[Spanish occupation of Tangier (1940–1945)|Occupation of Tangier]]
| date_event4            = June 1940 – October 1945
| image_flag             = Merchant flag of Spanish Morocco.svg
| flag                   = Flag of Morocco
| flag_type              = Merchant Ensign
| image_coat             = Coat of arms of Morocco (Protectorate).svg
| symbol_type_article    = Coat of arms of Morocco
| coa_size               = 
| national_anthem        = [[Marcha Real]]<br/><div style="display:inline-block;margin-top:0.4em;">[[File:National Anthem of Spain.ogg]]</div>
| anthem                 = {{native name|es|[[Marcha Real]]|icon=yes}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1997/10/11/pdfs/A29594-29600.pdf|title=Real Decreto 1560/1997, de 10 de octubre, por el que se regula el Himno Nacional|author=Presidency of the Government|work=[[Boletín Oficial del Estado]] núm. 244|date=11 October 1997|language=es|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924034615/http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1997/10/11/pdfs/A29594-29600.pdf|archive-date=24 September 2015|author-link=Government of Spain}}</ref><br />(English: "Royal March")<br /> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-top:0.4em;">{{center|[[File:Himno Nacional de España.ogg]]}}</div>
| image_map              = Protectorado español en Marruecos.svg
| image_map_caption      = Map of the protectorate's northern zone (''Spanish Morocco'' proper) and southern zone ([[Cape Juby]])
| image_map_size         = 288px
| image_map2             = Morocco-spanish-protectorate-1955-a.svg
| image_map2_caption     = Map of the northern zone in 1956
| image_map2_size        = 288px
| capital                = [[Tétouan|Tetuán]]
| common_languages       = [[Spanish language|Spanish]] (official)<br/>[[Berber languages|Berber]]<br/>[[Arabic]]<br/>[[Tetuani Ladino|Tetuani]] or [[Haketia]]
| religion               = [[Islam in Morocco|Islam]] (majority)<br/>[[Catholic Church in Morocco|Catholicism]]<br/>[[Moroccan Jews|Judaism]]
| government_type        = [[Absolute monarchy]]<br/>(under [[protectorate]])
| established_event2     = 18 December 1923
| title_leader           = [[List of rulers of Morocco|Sultan]]
| leader1                = [[Yusef of Morocco|Yusef]]
| year_leader1           = 1912–1927
| leader2                = [[Mohammed V of Morocco|Mohammed V]]
| year_leader2           = 1927–1956
| title_representative   = [[List of Spanish high commissioners in Morocco|High Commissioner]]
| representative1        = {{nowrap|[[Felipe Alfau Mendoza]]}}
| year_representative1   = 1913 (first)
| representative2        = [[Rafael García Valiño]]
| year_representative2   = 1951–1956 (last)
| currency               = [[Spanish peseta]]
| p1                     = Alawi Sultanate
| flag_p1                = Flag of Morocco (1666–1915).svg
| s1                     = Morocco{{!}}{{nobr|Kingdom of Morocco}}
| flag_s1                = Flag of Morocco.svg
}}

The '''Spanish protectorate in Morocco'''{{efn|{{langx|ar|حماية إسبانيا في المغرب|links=no}} {{lang|ar-Latn|Ḥimāyat Isbāniyā fi-l-Mağrib}}; {{langx|es|Protectorado español de Marruecos|links=no}}, {{IPA|es|pɾoteɣtoˈɾaðo espaˈɲol de maˈrwekos|-|ES-pe - Protectorado español de Marruecos.ogg}}}} was established on 27 November 1912 by [[Treaty Between France and Spain Regarding Morocco|a treaty between France and Spain]]<ref name="AJIL1">{{cite journal |title=Treaty Between France and Spain Regarding Morocco |journal=The American Journal of International Law |volume=7 |number=2 [Supplement: Official Documents] |year=1913 |pages=81–99 |doi=10.2307/2212275|jstor=2212275 |s2cid=246007581}}</ref> that converted the Spanish sphere of influence in [[Morocco]] into a formal [[protectorate]].

The Spanish protectorate consisted of a northern strip on the Mediterranean and the [[Strait of Gibraltar]], and a southern part of the protectorate{{Sfn|Vilar|2005|p=143}} around [[Cape Juby]], bordering the [[Spanish Sahara]]. The northern zone became part of independent [[Morocco]] on 7 April 1956, shortly after France [[French protectorate in Morocco|relinquished its protectorate]]. Spain finally ceded its southern zone through the [[Treaty of Angra de Cintra]] on 1 April 1958, after the short [[Ifni War]].{{sfn|Gangas Geisse|Santis Arenas|2011|p=3}} The city of [[Tangier]] was excluded from the Spanish protectorate and received a special internationally controlled status as [[Tangier International Zone]].

Since France already held a protectorate over most of the country and had controlled Morocco's foreign affairs since 30 March 1912, it also held the power to delegate a zone to Spanish protection.{{sfn|Woolman|1968|pp=14–16}} 

The surface area of the Protectorate was about {{convert|20,000|km2|0|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Ramiro de la Mata |first=Javier |date=2008 |title=España y el Protectorado en Marruecos: Aproximación a un proceso colonial |url=https://revistas.um.es/analeshc/article/download/54051/52071/229361#:~:text=El%20Protectorado%20espa%C3%B1ol%20de%20Marruecos,someter%20a%20su%20habitantes%20eran |journal=Anales de Historia Contemporánea |issue=24 |pages=291-309}}</ref>

==History==

===Background===
[[File:Firma del Tratado franco español de 1912.jpg|thumb|left|Moment of the signing of the Treaty by which the Spanish Protectorate was created, November 27, 1912]]

At a time when other European nations were acquiring or expanding their colonial empires, Spain's had generally gained independence. Its [[Spanish–American War|disastrous 1898 war]] with the United States stripped Spain of its few overseas provinces and exposed an inferior military. Yet, due to Morocco's proximity and the presence of [[Ceuta]] and [[Melilla]], Spain eyed expansion in northern Morocco, despite an overall lack of enthusiasm for new colonial enterprises. During the last decades of the 19th century, Spain nervously watched the increasing influence of its European rivals in the Maghreb. Thus, ensuring Spanish security offered the most compelling reason to intervene. For example, Liberal leader [[Eugenio Montero Ríos|Montero Ríos]] argued that if northwestern Morocco were to come under French control, Spain would be vulnerable to France from both north and south. Furthermore, the discovery of iron ore near Melilla convinced many that Morocco contained vast mineral wealth.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Chandler|first=James A.|date=1975|title=Spain and Her Moroccan Protectorate 1898 - 1927|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/260149|journal=Journal of Contemporary History|volume=10|issue=2|pages=301–322|doi=10.1177/002200947501000205 |jstor=260149 |s2cid=159817508 |issn=0022-0094|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

The key motivation for intervention, although less openly stated, was the belief that Morocco was Spain's last chance to maintain its position in the [[Concert of Europe]], as it was the one area in which it could claim sufficient interest to generate some diplomatic strength with respect to the European powers. There was also the then-widespread belief in Europe that colonies increased a nation's prestige. Those beliefs encouraged Spanish politicians to adopt a [[forward policy]] in Morocco.<ref>James A. Chandler, p. 302.</ref>

===Formation===

In a convention dated 27 June 1900 (at the same time as [[Treaty of Paris (1900)]]), France and Spain agreed to recognize separate zones of influence in Morocco, but did not specify their boundaries. In 1902, France offered Spain all of Morocco north of the [[Sebou River]] and south of the [[Sous River]], but Spain declined in the belief that such a division would offend Britain.{{sfn|Woolman|1968|p=7–8}} The British and French, without any Spanish insistence,{{elucidate|date=April 2016}} acknowledged Spain's right to a zone of influence in Morocco in Article 8 of the {{lang|fr|[[Entente cordiale]]}} of 8 April 1904:{{sfn|Woolman|1968|p=7–8}}

{{blockquote|The two Governments, inspired by their feeling of sincere friendship for Spain, take into special consideration the interests which that country derives from her geographical position and from her territorial possessions on the Moorish coast of the Mediterranean. In regard to these interests the French Government will come to an understanding with the Spanish Government. The agreement which may be come to on the subject between France and Spain shall be communicated to His Britannic Majesty's Government.}}

[[File:Spanish territorial boundary changes in Northwest Africa 1885-1912.png|thumb|Spanish territorial boundary changes in Northwest Africa per the treaties of [[Berlin Conference|1885]], [[Treaty of Paris (1900)|1900]], 1902, [[Entente Cordiale|1904]], and [[Treaty Between France and Spain Regarding Morocco|1912]].]]

What exactly "special consideration" meant was dealt with in the secret third and fourth articles, specifying that Spain would be required to recognize Articles 4 and 7 of the treaty but could decline the "special consideration" if it wished:

{{blockquote|The two Governments agree that a certain extent of Moorish territory adjacent to Melilla, Ceuta, and other ''presides'' should, whenever the Sultan ceases to exercise authority over it, come within the sphere of influence of Spain, and that the administration of the coast from Melilla as far as, but not including, the heights on the right bank of the Sebou shall be entrusted to Spain.}}

The British goal in these negotiations with France was to ensure that a weaker power (Spain) held the strategic coast opposite [[Gibraltar]] in return for Britain ceding all their influence in Morocco.{{sfn|Woolman|1968|p=7–8}} France began negotiating with Spain at once, but the offer of 1902 was no longer on the table. Since France had given up its ambitions in [[Ottoman Libya]] in a convention with Italy in 1903, it felt entitled to a greater share of Morocco. On 3 October 1904, France and Spain concluded a treaty that defined their precise zones.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Treaty Between France and Spain Concerning Morocco |journal=The American Journal of International Law |volume=6 |number=2 [Supplement: Official Documents] |year=1912 |pages=116–20 |doi=10.2307/2212123|jstor=2212123 |s2cid=246003039}}</ref> Spain received a zone of influence consisting of a northern strip of territory and a southern strip. The northern strip did not reach to the border of [[French Algeria]], nor did it include [[Tangier]], soon to be internationalized. The southern strip represented the southernmost part of Morocco as recognized by the European powers: the territory to its south, [[Saguia el-Hamra]], was recognized by France as an exclusively Spanish zone. The treaty also recognized the Spanish [[exclave]] of [[Ifni]] and delimited its borders.{{sfn|Merry del Val|1920a|pp=330–31}}

In March 1905, the German ''[[German Emperor|Kaiser]]'', [[Wilhelm II, German Emperor|Wilhelm II]], visited [[Tangier]], a city of international character in northern Morocco. There he loudly touted Germany's economic interests in Morocco and assured [[Sultan of Morocco|the Sultan]] of financial assistance in the event of a threat to Moroccan independence. At Wilhelm's urging, Sultan [[Abdelaziz of Morocco|Abd el Aziz]] called for an international conference. The final act of the [[Algeciras Conference]] (7 April 1906) created the [[State Bank of Morocco]], guaranteed the attending powers equal commercial rights in Morocco and created a native Moroccan police force led by French and Spanish officers.{{sfn|Woolman|1968|p=10–11}}

The final Spanish zone of influence consisted of a northern strip and a southern strip centered on [[Cape Juby]]. The consideration of the southern strip as part of the protectorate back in 1912 eventually gave Morocco a solid legal claim to the territory in the 1950s.{{Sfn|Vilar|2005|p=143}} While the sparsely populated Cape Juby was administered as a single entity with [[Spanish Sahara]], the northern territories were administered, separately, as a Spanish protectorate with its capital at [[Tétouan|Tetuán]].

The Protectorate system was established in 1912. The Islamic legal system of [[qadi|''qadis'']] was formally maintained.

===Rif War===
{{further|Rif Republic|Rif War}}[[File:Spanishbuildingruins.jpg|thumb|left|Ruins of a Spanish camp near [[Chefchaouen]].|286x286px]]
[[File:Kaid Sarkash (Riffian leader) 1924.jpg|thumb|[[Berbers]] carrying captured rifles during Rif war, including a [[Mauser Model 1893|Mauser 1893]] and a French [[Berthier rifle|Berthier carbine]]]]

Following the [[First World War]], the [[Republic of the Rif]], led by the guerrilla leader [[Abd el-Krim]], was a breakaway state that existed from 1921 to 1926 in the [[Rif]] region, when it was [[Rif War|subdued and dissolved]] by a joint expedition of the [[Spanish Army of Africa]] and French forces during the [[Rif War]].

The Spanish lost more than 13,000 soldiers at [[Battle of Annual|Annual]] in July–August 1921. Controversy in Spain over the early conduct in the war was a driving factor behind the military coup by General [[Miguel Primo de Rivera, 2nd Marquis of Estella|Miguel Primo de Rivera]] in 1923 which foreshadowed the [[Spanish Civil War]] of 1936–39.<ref>Porch, Douglas; ''Spain's African Nightmare''; MHQ: Quarterly Journal of Military History; (2006); 18#2; pp. 28–37.</ref>

After the successful 1925 [[Alhucemas landing]], the French–Spanish alliance ended up achieving victory and putting an end to the war.

===Second Spanish Republic===
[[File:ETH-BIB-Reisegefährten von Walter Mittelholzer beim Ballspiel am Strand beim Kap Juby-Tschadseeflug 1930-31-LBS MH02-08-1059.tif|thumb|
[[Walter Mittelholzer]]'s traveling companions playing ball on the beach of [[Tarfaya|Cape Juby]], image between 1930 and 1931.]]

Before 1934, the southern part of the protectorate (Tekna){{Sfn|Vilar|2005|p=145}} had been governed from Cape Juby (within the same southern strip) since 1912; Cape Juby was also the seat of [[Spanish West Africa]]. Then, in 1934, the southern part began to being managed directly from [[Tetuán]] (in the northern part of the protectorate) and the seat of Spanish West Africa was moved from Cape Juby to the territory of [[Ifni]] (not a part of the protectorate), which had been occupied by the Spaniards that year.{{Sfn|Vilar|2005|p=145}}

===Spanish Civil War===
{{further|Spanish Civil War|Regulares}}
The [[Spanish Civil War]] started in 1936 with the [[Spanish coup of July 1936|partially successful coup]] against the Republican Government, which began in Spanish Morocco by an uprising of the [[Army of Africa (Spain)|Spanish Army of Africa]] stationed there, although within a day uprisings in Spain itself broke out. This force, which included a considerable number of Moroccan troops ([[regulares]]), was under the command of [[Francisco Franco]] (who spent much time in Morocco) and became the core of the [[Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War)|Spanish Nationalist Army]]. The [[Communist Party of Spain]] and [[POUM|Workers' Party of Marxist Unification]] (POUM), advocated [[anti-colonialist|anti-colonial]] policies, and pressured the [[Second Spanish Republic|Republican government]] to support the independence of Spanish Morocco, intending to create a rebellion at Franco's back and cause disaffection among his Moroccan troops. The government – then led by the [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party]] (PSOE) — rejected that course of action as it would have likely resulted in conflict with France, the colonial ruler of the other portion of Morocco.<ref>''Tres años de lucha'', [[José Díaz (politician)|José Díaz]]; p. 343; cited in ''Spain! The Unfinished Revolution''; by [[Arthur H. Landis|Landis, Arthur H]]; 1st ed.; New York: International Publishers; 1975; pp. 189–92; retrieved 2015</ref>

Because the locally recruited Muslim regulares had been among Franco's most effective troops, the protectorate enjoyed more political freedom and autonomy than [[Francoist Spain]]-proper after Franco's victory.<ref>Marin Miguel (1973). ''El Colonialismo español en Marruecos''. Spain: Ruedo Iberico p. 24-26</ref> The area held competing political parties and a Moroccan nationalist press, which often criticized the Spanish government.

===World War II===
{{further|Spanish occupation of Tangier (1940–1945)}}
Spanish troops provisionally occupied [[Tangier]] during [[World War II]], on the pretext that an [[Fascist Italy (1922–1943)|Italian]] invasion was imminent.{{sfn|Pennell|2001}}

===Retrocession to Morocco===
[[File:1920 map of Spanish Morocco.jpg|thumb|1920 map of the "Spanish zone in Morocco", with images of {{Ill|Santiago Tablas|es|Santiago González-Tablas}}, [[Dámaso Berenguer]] and [[Manuel Fernández Silvestre|Manuel Fernández]].|290x290px]]
In 1956, when France ended its [[French protectorate in Morocco|protectorate over Morocco]], Spain discontinued the protectorate and retroceded the territory to the newly independent kingdom, while retaining the ''[[plazas de soberanía]]'' which were part of Spain prior to the colonial period, [[Cape Juby]], [[Ifni]], and other colonies (such as [[Spanish Sahara]]) outside of Morocco. Unwilling to accept this, the [[Moroccan Army of Liberation]] waged war against the Spanish forces. In the 1958 [[Ifni War]], which spread from [[Sidi Ifni]] to [[Río de Oro]], Morocco gained [[Tarfaya]] (the southern part of the protectorate)<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Berkshire Eagle 18 Apr 1958, page 2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/531792483/|access-date=2023-01-13|website=Newspapers.com|language=en}}</ref> and reduced the Spanish control of the Ifni territory to the perimeter of the city itself.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Morning News 05 Mar 1958, page Page 11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/155713817/|access-date=2023-01-13|website=Newspapers.com|language=en}}</ref> Morocco and Spain negotiated for over a year over Ifni, with Morocco also wanting control of Ceuta and Melilla, while Spain was only willing to give up control of Ifni.<ref name=enclave>{{Cite web|title=The Des Moines Register 03 Jan 1969, page 5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/338894914/|access-date=2023-01-13|website=Newspapers.com|language=en}}</ref> On 5 January 1969 Morocco and Spain signed the treaty ceding Ifni to Morocco.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wisconsin State Journal 05 Jan 1969, page 7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/404563443/|access-date=2023-01-13|website=Newspapers.com|language=en}}</ref>

As of {{currentyear}}, Morocco still claims [[Ceuta]] and [[Melilla]] as integral parts of the country, and considers them to be under foreign [[military occupation|occupation]], comparing their status to that of [[Gibraltar]]. Spain considers both cities integral parts of the Spanish geography, since they were part of Spain for centuries.<ref>{{Cite book |last=LEVIE |first=HOWARD S. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1246285593 |title=STATUS OF GIBRALTAR. |date=2021 |publisher=ROUTLEDGE |isbn=978-0-367-31182-7 |location=[S.l.] |oclc=1246285593}}</ref>

==Economy==

===Mines===
The iron mines in the Rif were one of the sources of income. Their exploitation led to an economic boom in Melilla.

===Transport===
{{main|Narrow gauge railways in former Spanish Morocco|History of rail transport in Morocco}}

After the [[Algeciras Conference|Treaty of Algeciras]] signed in April 1906, where the northern part of Morocco was placed under Spanish administration, the Spanish started to develop this mineral-rich area, and numerous [[narrow gauge railway]]s were built.

==Administration==
[[File:Tetuan - La residencia 1920.jpg|thumb|Residence of the Spanish High Commissioner in [[Tétouan]], ca. 1920; absorbed in the late 1950s into the [[Royal Palace of Tétouan]]]]
[[File:Morocco Protectorate.svg|thumb|French and Spanish protectorates in Morocco from 1912 until 1956]]

The administrative regime of the Protectorate is derived from the concept of protectorate itself, with a formal duality of authorities. On the one hand, there is a Moroccan administration, headed by a ''Khalifa'' ({{langx|es|Jalifa}}), who exercised, by delegation of the Sultan, all his powers, mainly the legislative, which he exercised through the ''dahir'' (decree). He was also the highest religious authority. This government led by the Khalifa received the name of ''Makhzen'' and was divided into departments, like ministries, coordinated by the Grand Vizier. The ministers were the ''qadi al-qudat'' (chief or judge of judges), the Vizier of the ''Habus'' (inalienable patrimony whose income is destined to a pious or religious work or institution), the ''amin al-amlak'' and the ''amin al-umana'' (minister of Finance). It had an advisory council made up of two representatives from each of the five regions. The ''Khalifa'' was chosen by the Sultan from a pair proposed by the Spanish government. The first ''Khalifa'' was Mohammed Mehedi Ould Ben Ismael. Ishmael was the brother of Sultan Hassan I and later Sultan Hassan I was the great-uncle of the second ''Khalifa''. The first ''Khalifa'' took office in Tetouan on 27 April 1913. Only two Khalifas held office until the independence of Morocco, Muley el Mehdi (between 1913 and 1923) and his son Muley el Hassán bin el Mehdi (who took office at the age of thirteen, ruling between 1925 and 1941 and 1945 and 1956).

The Spanish administration was led by a High Commissioner, formally accredited to the Khalifa but in fact the highest authority in the Protectorate. The High Commissary directed the political action of Spain in the Protectorate, and orders and instructions emanated from it. The high commissioner was assisted by various departments (Indigenous Affairs Development and Finance). There was a territorial controller in each of the regions, directly represented to the Delegation of Indigenous Affairs. Subordinate to him, there was a next level, with regional auditors and, finally, local auditors. The maintenance of order was in charge of the Regulares (forces of the Spanish army with "indigenous" Rif people) and the Indigenous Police. On the military side, the high commissioner was assisted by three commanders based in Ceuta, Melilla and Larache.

The administrative organization was arranged, at a general level, in this way: The High Commissioner was responsible for the direction of the Spanish action in the entire area and all the authorities (including the military) were subordinate to him. Among its activities were to intervene in the acts of the Khalifa, the regime of the cities in which the consuls acted as controllers, to dictate the general policy and to approve or direct, where appropriate, military operations. The Indigenous services department was entrusted with the General Secretariat and advising on all matters relating to relations with the Kabyles, the inspection of the Islamic Justice Administration, relations with the Consular Jurisdiction for the protection of the natives and with the Sheriff for everything related to real estate and the vindication of property, the inspection of schools and health care centers and the Spanish missions in educational work.

In Morocco, there was no prior organization to ensure public health, except in Tangier, and the Spanish tried to remedy this deficiency, creating in 1916 the Health Inspectorate, within the Office of Indigenous Affairs. The Spanish had to overcome the distrust that Moroccans felt towards their healers and home remedies, carrying out large vaccination campaigns that contributed to the prestige of the protecting country. Along with health action, culture was the other pending subject for Moroccans, since teaching was closely linked to religion and consisted of memorizing the [[Quran]]. Spain entrusted the task of educating the population to the Delegation of Indigenous Affairs, which depended on a Board of Education that was created on 3 April 1913. This Board was born with the purpose of training the personnel who would be dedicated to this task and as an instrument to learn about geography, literature, history and the Moroccan law. To this end, a Center for Moroccan Studies was organized in the Free Institute of Diplomatic and Consular Careers and Arabic chairs were created in some business schools and an Arabic board was created in the Board for the Extension of Studies.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}

Subsequently, Indigenous Affairs offices were created in Melilla and Ceuta that exercised surveillance functions, somewhat similar, in the occupied regions. In 1937, in the middle of the [[Spanish Civil War]], the territorial organization of Spanish Morocco was in charge of the High Commissioner of the Territory and a Lieutenant Colonel responsible for civil and military affairs.

The High Commissioner and the Khalifa had their respective residences in two adjacent palaces in [[Tétouan]], which following Morocco's independence in 1956 have been merged into a single compound and repurposed as the [[Royal Palace of Tétouan]].<ref>{{citation|journal=Africa|volume=77-78|date=1948|publisher=Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto de Estudios Africanos|location=Madrid|url=http://simurg.bibliotecas.csic.es/viewer/image/CSIC000102257_A1948_N77-78/21/|title=Las residencias de S.A.I. el Jalifa y S.E. el Alto Comisario en Tetuán|author=Juan Arrate|access-date=2022-02-19|archive-date=2022-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220219231032/http://simurg.bibliotecas.csic.es/viewer/image/CSIC000102257_A1948_N77-78/21/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Morocco|Spain}}
* [[List of Spanish high commissioners in Morocco]]
* [[List of Spanish colonial wars in Morocco]]
* ''[[Regulares]]''

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Sources==
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==Further reading==
*Calderwood, Eric. 2018. ''Colonial al-Andalus: Spain and the making of modern Moroccan culture''. Harvard University Press
*"Min Khalifa Marrakesh Ila Mu’tamar Maghreb El Arabi." (From the caliph of the king of Morocco to the Conference of the Maghreb). (April 1947). ''El Ahram''.
*Wolf, Jean (1994). ''Les Secrets du Maroc Espagnol: L’epopee D’Abdelkhalaq Torres''. Morocco: Balland Publishing Company
*Ben Brahim, Mohammed (1949). ''Ilayka Ya Ni Ma Sadiq'' (To you my dear friend). Tetuan, Morocco: Hassania Publishing Company
*Benumaya, Gil (1940). ''El Jalifa en Tanger''. Madrid: Instituto Jalifiano de Tetuan
*Villanova, José-Luis (2010). ''Cartographie et contrôle au Maroc sous le protectorat espagnol (1912–1956)''. MappeMonde vol.98

{{Franco-Spanish conquest of Morocco}}

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