Abdelaziz of Morocco
| Abd al-Aziz bin Hassan عبد العزيز بن الحسن | |||||
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1907 picture of Abdelaziz from an article in Le Petit Journal | |||||
| Sultan of Morocco | |||||
| Reign | 9 June 1894 – 21 August 1908 | ||||
| Predecessor | Mawlay Hassan I | ||||
| Successor | Mawlay Abd al-Hafid | ||||
| Regent | Ahmed bin Musa (1894–1900) | ||||
| Born | 24 February 1878 or 18 February 1881 Marrakesh, Sultanate of Morocco | ||||
| Died | 10 June 1943 (aged 62) Tangier, Spanish Protectorate of Morocco | ||||
| Burial | |||||
| Wives | Lalla Khadija bint Omar al-Youssi Lalla Yasmin al-Alaoui | ||||
| Issue | Moulay Hassan Lalla Fatima Zahra | ||||
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| House | 'Alawi dynasty | ||||
| Father | Hassan bin Mohammed | ||||
| Mother | Lalla Ruqaya | ||||
| Religion | Maliki Sunni Islam | ||||
Moulay Abd al-Aziz bin Hassan (Arabic: عبد العزيز بن الحسن, romanized: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Ḥasan; 24 February 1878 – 10 June 1943) was a sultan of Morocco from 9 June 1894 to 21 August 1908, as a ruler of the 'Alawi dynasty. He was proclaimed sultan at the age of sixteen after the death of his father Hassan I. Moulay Abdelaziz 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.