Word: sultanic
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Replace Sidi Mohammed ben Moulay Arafa, the puppet Sultan whom the French installed in Morocco two years ago, with a three-man regency council. Its senior member: El Mokri, 108, Morocco's feeble old Grand Vizier...
...Return the exiled Sultan ben Youssef from Madagascar to France...
Spontaneous Evaporation. Landing at Rabat a few hours after Grandval had been ousted, the new French Resident General, General de Latour, took up his command in Morocco. He went to the Sultan's palace to present his respects to the man he had come to fire, Ben Moulay Arafa. Bands played, and the Sultan's honor guard shuffled to attention as the lean Frenchman climbed the stairs to the throne room where Arafa sat waiting. "Everyone desires to see the spirit of friendship reign," said De Latour, looking uncomfortable. Replied the Sultan, peering uneasily: "We would be happy...
With French backing, El Glaoui began peddling a petition demanding Sultan Ben Youssef's dethronement. On Aug. 20, 1953, El Glaoui's horsemen came racing down the hills and surrounded the capital of Rabat. Ben Youssef must go, said El Glaoui. The colons loudly agreed. The French government suspected the strength of this movement, but was too weak-willed to resist it. Approving the order for Ben Youssef's removal, Foreign Minister Georges Bidault solaced himself with the comment: "It was either the Cross or the Crescent...
Faure's solution was a rewrite of Gilbert Grandval's plan to solve the throne question. He proposed to 1) remove Moulay Arafa-thus pleasing the Nationalists. 2) maintain the ban on Ben Youssef-thus pleasing the French colons. A three-man regency council would take the Sultan's place, and alongside it would be formed a provisional Moroccan government, with representatives of all parties, including the still-outlawed Istiqlal...