Moroccan embassy to France (1781)

A Moroccan embassy to France was sent in April 1781 by Sultan Mohammed ben Abdallah. The embassy was led by the rais Ali Pérés.

The embassy failed to be recognized by Louis XVI however, because it had not been properly accredited by the French Consul in Morocco Louis Chénier and that the title of the King of France had not been properly rendered.^[1]

Following this incident, Louis Chénier was summoned by Mohammed ben Abdallah on 21 September 1781, and was expelled from Morocco.

See also

• France-Morocco relations

Notes

1. ^ "The missions of Tahar Fannish in 1778 and Ali Perez in 1781 to France were thwarted on the allegation that Muhammad III did not respect the rules of French protocol concerning the title of the King of France" in The Atlantic connection: 200 years of Moroccan-American relations, 1786-1986 Jerome B. Bookin-Weiner, Mohamed El Mansour, Edino, 1990, p.43