rabat became the capital of morocco in 1912.
rabat became the capital of morocco in 1912.
when did rabat become the capital of morocco?
1912
the french invasion of morocco began in the east with general hubert lyautey's occupation of oujda march 1907 and in the west with the bombardment of casablanca august 1907. the treaty of fes established the protectorate march 1912. acting as french administrator of morocco, lyautey, decided to relocate the country's capital from fes to rabat. among other factors, rebellious citizens had made fes an unstable place. sultan moulay youssef followed the decision of the french and moved his residence to rabat. in 1913, lyautey hired henri prost who designed the "ville nouvelle" (rabat's modern quarter) as an administrative sector. when morocco achieved independence in 1955, mohammed v, the then king of morocco, chose to have the capital remain at rabat.
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the first summer school of morocco for bahá'ís was held in meknes, from august 31 to september 6. over twenty participants were gathered on a farm situated in a suburb of meknes, belonging to one of the persian pioneers, hossein rowhani ardakani. the city of meknes, with more than seventy registered baha'is, has the largest bahá'í community in morocco in 1964. bahá'ís from morocco, tunisia, belgium, england, monte carlo and the netherlands attended a school in périgueux, france and shared news of the progress of the religion in their countries. before june 1965 hand of the cause taráz'u'lláh samandarí visited the bahá'ís of morocco. the rabat bahá'í community hosted the may 1–2, 1965 convention for the regional national assembly of north west africa. all the delegates, except one, were present. the three benelux countries held their schools at a combined site at de vechtstrom in the northern netherlands from august 23 through 30 1965 together with 150 attendees from fifteen countries including morocco, tunisia, japan, great britain, united states and others from europe. the second summer school of morocco was held in meknes, august 23 to 29, 1965 with about one hundred bahá'ís and inquirers and for the first time a greater number of women were present than at previous schools. issam tahan died on august 8, 1965 in london during treatment for heart problems. he was the small boy who, while his father was in prison in morocco, chanted a prayer before the audience at the first bahá'í world congress. a summer school in meknes was held august 1–7, 1966, which attracted about forty participants. basic courses on administration and history were given, with additional lectures on special topics such as women and the bahá'í faith, bahá'í faith and education, and a special study of the message of the universal house of justice to bahá'í youth. the first winter school was held in rabat february 25–26, 1967 with twenty-five communities represented. in before fall 1967 hands of the cause william sears and shu'á'u'lláh `alá' met with the bahá'ís in casablanca and the regional national assembly for a week. the fifth national summer school was held in meknes september 3–9, 1967, with about 70 attendees from 14 localities. a young girl from marrakech delivered a prepared lecture on the role of women in the baha'i faith presenting an example of women as efficient and active participants. the annual convention for the regional assembly was held in rabat in april 1968. an international conference was held in madrid in early april, 1969, organized by the national youth committee of spain with over thirty young baha'is attendees, representing austria, england, france, italy, morocco, portugal, spain, and switzerland. in 1968 a bahá'í was arrested and would spend four years in prison. the 1970 french summer school, held at annecy/sevrier from august 30 to september 8, had attendees of 150 persons from germany, england, belgium, denmark, india, luxembourg, dominica, morocco, sweden, switzerland, tunisia. however, in 1970 the annual convention did not take place due to the situation in morocco. the elections were accomplished through mail correspondence. on october 6, 1971 morassa (yazdi) rawhani, a pioneer since february 1957, died. she had actively participated in the formation of two assemblies of rabat and sale. her burial in the bahá'í cemetery at rabat, was attended by a large number of believers of morocco, the majority native believers; also in attendance was a representative from the iranian embassy in rabat. after four years of imprisonment allal rouhani has been released and on january 30, 1972, the national spiritual assembly of the bahá'ís of north-west africa held a luncheon attended by about sixty bahá'ís and friends from all the local assemblies in the area. the universal house of justice was represented by salim nounou from france.
bahá'í faith in morocco