Moulay Abd al-Aziz bin Hassan was sultan of Morocco from 9 June 1894 to 21 August 1908, as a ruler of the 'Alawi dynasty. He was proclaimed sultan at the age of sixteen after the death of his father H
1907 picture from an article in Le Petit Journal
Harry Aubrey de Vere Maclean and Mehdi al-Menebhi [ar; de] in the centre
Abdelaziz with his bicycle, published in La Vie illustrée [fr] 1901. There have been tall tales of the young sultan having "sold Morocco for a bicycle" that have circulated in popular culture and on social media.
The Reception of the Moorish Ambassador by Edward VII at St James's Palace depicts the newly crowned Edward VII receiving a Moroccan delegation led by Moroccan minister of war Mehdi al-Menebhi [ar; de].
Abd al-Hafid ibn al-Hasan was the Sultan of Morocco from 1908 to 1912 and a member of the Alaouite Dynasty. His younger brother, Abdelaziz of Morocco, preceded him. While Abd al-Hafid initially oppose
Abdelaziz of Morocco
…revenues and to borrow heavily from the French, which was met with widespread revolt and a revolution that deposed him in 1908 in favor of his brother Abd al-Hafid. Abdelaziz was born on 24 February 1878 or 18 February 1881 to Hassan I of Morocco and Lalla Ruqaya who was a Circassian concubine who became Hassan's…
Portrait taken by J. Giry and given as a gift to Ridder van Rappard, special envoy of the Netherlands, on 13 February 1913
The Afrag, tent of Abd al-Hafid
An illustration of Abd al-Hafid signing his act of abdication, on the front page of Le Petit Journal's weekly Supplément illustré, printed 25 August 1912.
Muhammad al-Muqri, Charles Émile Moinier [fr], Sultan Abd al-Hafid of Morocco, and Si Kaddour Benghabrit, 8 August 1912