The protégé system ( Arabic: نظام المحميين) in Morocco in the 19th century allowed people working for foreign consuls and vice-consuls certain privileges and legal protections not available to the rest of the population.[ vague] [1] [2] At first the status of protégé was available only to Moroccans—Muslims and Jews—but it was extended to Europeans by the 1860s. [1] The protégé system was a parallel to the capitulatory system in the Ottoman Empire. [1] [3]
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The Madrid Conference of 1880 was held at the behest of Sultan Hassan I in response to France and Spain's abuse[ clarification needed] of the protégé system. [3]
The protégé system ( Arabic: نظام المحميين) in Morocco in the 19th century allowed people working for foreign consuls and vice-consuls certain privileges and legal protections not available to the rest of the population.[ vague] [1] [2] At first the status of protégé was available only to Moroccans—Muslims and Jews—but it was extended to Europeans by the 1860s. [1] The protégé system was a parallel to the capitulatory system in the Ottoman Empire. [1] [3]
History of Morocco |
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The Madrid Conference of 1880 was held at the behest of Sultan Hassan I in response to France and Spain's abuse[ clarification needed] of the protégé system. [3]