The Spanish Protectorate in Morocco was established on 27 November 1912 by a treaty between France and Spain that converted the Spanish sphere of influence in Morocco, then under French protection, in
Moment of the signing of the Treaty by which the Spanish Protectorate was created, 27 November, 1912
Ruins of a Spanish camp near Chefchaouen.
Berbers carrying captured rifles during Rif war, including a Mauser 1893 and a French Berthier carbine
Residence of the Spanish High Commissioner in Tétouan, ca. 1920; absorbed in the late 1950s into the Royal Palace of Tétouan
Republic of the Rif
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The Republic of the Rif was a confederate republic in the Rif, Morocco, that existed between 1921 and 1926. It was created in September 1921, when a coalition of Riffians and Jebala led by Abd el-Krim
Spanish protectorate in Morocco
…Spanish had been in a tough struggle to maintain the fiction of colonial rule in the mountainous interior, and from the time of 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 subdued and dissolved by…
Abd-el-Krim boarding a Fez-Tangier train in 1926 on his way to exile in the Indian Ocean island of Réunion
Riffan, the currency of the Rif Republic