A Country with a government and a flag : the Rif War in Morocco : 1921-1926

The Rif War, which took place in Northern Morocco between 1921 and 1926 and which almost shattered Spain's protectorate there, as well as threatening France's hold over the rest of Morocco, is, perhaps the most important anti-colonial struggle of the pre-World War II era. Not only did it lead to the deaths of tens of thousands of Spanish soldiers —10,000 of them in one battle alone in 1921—, but it also led indirectly to the Spanish Civil War and spurred on the nascent nationalist cause in Morocco itself. Yet the events of the war and the personalities of its leading protagonists, at least on the Moroccan side, are curiously little known. nor is the innovative nature of their convictions fully understood. This book is a re-written version of the author's PhD Thesis for the University of Leeds, completed in 1979. by Contents Acknowledgements Transliteration Abbreviations List of Illustrations List of Maps and DIagrams Glossary 1. Introduction 2. The Collapse of the Moroccan State 3. Northern Morocco - The Spanish Protectorate Illustrations 4. The Imposition of the Spanish Protectorate 5. The Basis of Resistance 6. Victory 7. Consolidation 8. A Government in the Rif 9. The Transformation of the Rif 10. Taking the Jibala 11. The Rifis at the Height of their Power 12. Defeat 13. Conclusion Appendix I. Population and density of three JIbalan tribes and five central Rifi tribes Appendix 2. Wall Posters in Tetuan, July and August 1921 Appendix 3. The Bay’a of Muhammad bin ‘Abd al-Karim (I) Appendix 4. Pay of Officers and Men in the Rifi Regular Army According to Various Sources, in Pesetas per Month Appendix 5 Appendix 6. Numbers of Individuals imprisoned Appendix 7. The Al-Manar Interview Bibliography Index By C.r. Pennell. Revision Of Thesis (ph.d)--university Of Leeds, 1979. Includes Index. Bibliography: 260-270.