The Moroccan population welcomes Algerian refugees, while…
November 1830 CE
The Moroccan population welcomes Algerian refugees, while the Sultan's instructions recommend that the authorities of Tetuan assist them by providing them jobs in the administration or the military forces.
The inhabitants of Tlemcen, close to the Moroccan borders, demand of the Sultan to be placed under his authority in order to escape to the invaders.
Abderrahmane thus names a nephew, prince Moulay Ali, as Caliph of Tlemcen, charging him with the protection of the city.
France, in retaliation, executes two Moroccans, Mohamed Beliano and Benkirane, under the pseudo-motives of espionage, while the military governor of Oran, General Boyer, seizes all their goods.