The ''protégé'' system () in Morocco in the 19th century allowed people working for foreign consuls and vice-consuls certain privileges and legal protections not available to the rest of the population.
At first the status of protégé was available only to Moroccans—Muslims and Jews—but it was extended to Europeans by the 1860s.
The ''protégé'' system was a parallel to the
capitulatory system in the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...
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The
Madrid Conference
The Madrid Conference of 1991 was a peace conference, held from 30 October to 1 November 1991 in Madrid, hosted by Spain and co-sponsored by the United States and the Soviet Union. It was an attempt by the international community to revive the ...
of 1880 was held at the behest of Sultan
Hassan I in response to France and Spain's abuse{{clarify, date=November 2021 of the ''protégé'' system.
See also
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Comprador
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Capitulation (treaty)
A capitulation (term derived from the Latin word ''caput'') is a treaty or unilateral contract by which a sovereign state relinquishes jurisdiction within its borders over the subjects of a foreign state. As a result, the foreign subjects are im ...
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Concession (contract)
References
History of Morocco
Foreign relations of Morocco