1901 MOROCCO Sultan Abdelaziz Al-Aziz Star ANTIQUE Silver 5 Dirhams Coin I88225

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Item:<br>i88225<br>Authentic Coin of:<br>Morocco under Abd al-Aziz - Sultan: 1894 - 1908<br>1901<br>(1318 A.H.)<br>Silver 5 Dirhams 32mm (<br>14.43<br>grams) 0.835 Silver (0.1954 oz. ASW)<br>Reference: Y# 12.2<br>Intricate 6 pointed-stars within stars.<br>Intricate designs around, 6 pointed star center, circumpunct within.<br>You are bidding on the exact item pictured, provided with a Certificate of Authenticity and Lifetime Guarantee of Authenticity.<br>Abdelaziz of Morocco<br>(24 February 1878 – 10 June 1943;Arabic: عبد العزيز الرابع‎), also known as<br>Mulai Abd al-Aziz IV<br>, succeeded his father Hassan I of Morocco as the Sultan of Morocco in 1894 at the age of sixteen. He was a member of the Alaouite dynasty.<br>He tried to strengthen the central government by implementing a new tax on agriculture and livestock, a measure which was strongly opposed by sections of the society. This in turn led Abdelaziz to mortgage the customs revenues and to borrow heavily from the French, which was met with widespread revolt and a revolution that deposed him in 1908 in favor of his brother Abd al-Hafid.<br>By the action of Ba Ahmad bin Musa, the Chamberlain of Hassan I of Morocco, Abd al-Aziz's accession to the sultanate was ensured with little fighting. Ba Ahmad became regent and for six years showed himself a capable ruler.There were strong rumors that he was poisoned.<br>On his death in 1900 the regency ended, and Abd al-Aziz took the reins of government into his own hands and chose an Arab from the south, Sid Mehdi el Menebhi, as his chief adviser.<br>As urged by his Georgianor Circassian mother, the sultan sought advice and counsel from Europe and endeavored to act on it, but advice not motivated by a conflict of interest was difficult to obtain, and in spite of the unquestionable desire of the young ruler to do what was best for the country, wild extravagance both in action and expenditure resulted, leaving the sultan with a depleted exchequer and the confidence of his people impaired. His intimacy with foreigners and his imitation of their ways were sufficient to rouse strong popular opposition.<br>While privately owned printing presses had been allowed since 1872, Abdelaziz passed a<br>dhahīr<br>in 1897 that regulated what could be printed, allowing the<br>qadi<br>of Fes to establish a board to censor publications, and requiring that the judges be notified of any publication, so as to "avoid printing something that is not permitted."According to Abdallah Laroui, these restrictions limited the volume and variety of Moroccan publications at the turn of the century, and institutions such as al-Qarawiyyin University and Sufi zawiyas became dependent on imported texts from Egypt.<br>His attempt to reorganize the country's finances by the systematic levy of taxes was hailed with delight, but the government was not strong enough to carry the measures through, and the money which should have been used to pay the taxes was employed to purchase firearms instead. And so the benign intentions of Mulai Abd el-Aziz were interpreted as weakness, and Europeans were accused of having spoiled the sultan and of being desirous of spoiling the country.<br>When British engineers were employed to survey the route for a railway between Meknes and Fez, this was reported as indicating the sale of the country outright. The strong opposition of the people was aroused, and a revolt broke out near the Algerian frontier. Such was the state of things when the news of the Anglo-French Agreement of 1904 came as a blow to Abd-el-Aziz, who had relied on England for support and protection against the inroads of France.See also the Ion Perdicaris affair.<br>Morocco<br>, officially the<br>Kingdom of Morocco<br>, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. Geographically, Morocco is characterized by a rugged mountainous interior and large portions of desert. It is one of only three countries (with Spain and France) to have both Atlantic and Mediterranean coastlines. The Arabic name<br>al-Mamlakah al-Maghribiyah<br>(Arabic: المملكة المغربية‎, meaning "The Western Kingdom") and<br>Al-Maghrib<br>(Arabic: المغرب‎, meaning "The West") are commonly used as alternate names.<br>Morocco has a population of over 33.8 million and an area of 446,550 km<br>2<br>(172,410 sq mi). Its political capital is Rabat. The largest city is Casablanca. Other major cities