whom he was the favourite son of. At an early age, he was educated in the subtleties of court politics.

Reign

Early reign and rebellion in Fez

Mawlay Hassan was proclaimed sultan of Morocco on the death of his father in 1873. His first action was to crush an urban revolt in the capital Fez in 1874, which he had to besiege for a few months. The tanners rose up in protest "raging like lions and tigers" through the streets of Fez, pillaging the house of Muhammad Bennis, the Minister

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