Mulai Yusuf

Mulai Yusuf

Mulai Yusuf or Yusuf ben Hassan ( Arabic يوسف بن الحسن, DMG Yūsuf b. al-Ḥasan , * 1882 ; † November 17, 1927 in Fez ) was Sultan of the Alawids in Morocco from 1913 to 1927.

Life

Mulai Yusuf was installed as sultan in 1913 by the French protectorate power as the successor to his brother Mulai Abd al-Hafiz (1908-1913). The influence of the Alawid on the politics of the country was small, however, since the actual power in the hand of the French general resident Marshal Lyautey (1912-1925) was. The protectorate administration completed the subjugation of the tribes and began extensive land expropriations in order to leave the land to French settlers.

The uprising of the Berber tribes of Abd al-Karim (1922–1926), which broke out against Spanish rule during the reign of Mulai Yusuf in northern Morocco , had no influence on the French protectorate. Rather, French troops took part in the suppression of the uprising in the Rif Mountains . Mulai Yusuf's successor was his son Mohammed V (1927–1961), who was to lead Morocco back to independence.

literature

• Stephan Ronart, Nandy Ronart: Lexicon of the Arab World. A historical-political reference work. Artemis Verlag, Zurich et al. 1972, ISBN 3-7608-0138-2 .