Sultan Yusef ben Hassan (1882–November 17, 1927) (Arabic: السلطان يوسف بن الحسن‎) ruled the French Protectorate of Morocco from 1912 until his death in 1927. Born in the city of Meknes to Sultan Hassan I, he inherited the throne from his brother, Sultan Abdelhafid, who abdicated after the Treaty of Fez (1912), which made Morocco a French protectorate. He was a member of the Alaouite Dynasty.

Yusef's reign was turbulent and marked with frequent uprisings against Spain and France. The most serious of these was a Berber uprising in the Rif Mountains, led by Abd el-Krim. Though this originally began in the Spanish-controlled area in the north of the country, it reached to the French-controlled area until a coalition of France and Spain finally defeated the rebels in 1925. To ensure his own safety, Yusef moved the court from Fez to Rabat, which has served as the capital of the country ever since.

Yusef's reign came to an abrupt end when he died suddenly of uremia in 1927. He was succeeded by his son Muhammad.

[edit] Honours

• Order of Blood of Tunisia
• Grand Cross of the Legion d'Honneur of France-1912
• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)-1917
• Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus of the Kingdom of Italy
• Grand Cordon of the Order of the Crown of Belgium
• Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic of the Kingdom of Spain
• Grand Cordon of the Order of Muhammad Ali of the Kingdom of Egypt

[edit] See also

• List of Kings of Morocco
• History of Morocco
• Sultan

[edit] References and links

• Morocco Alaoui dynasty
• History of Morocco

Preceded by Abdelhafid

Sultan of Morocco 1912–1927

Succeeded by Mohammed V