Record

Document Reference	Bu 44/31
Title	Copy despatch from A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain, to Lord John Russell [later 1st Earl Russell], Foreign Office, London; 9 Sep 1859.
Date	9 September 1859
Extent	2 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Reports he had received a telegram from Codrington informing him of the death of the Sultan of Morocco and the proclamation of Mulai Muhammad as the new Sultan; informs him that he had asked Calderon Collantes if Spain would modify demands made of the Moroccan government in light of rival claimants making a civil war in Morocco possible.
Term	Moroccan affairs, 'Moroccan Question'

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6254	Abd ar-Rahman (d 1859); Sultan of Morocco; ( succeeded 1822)	d 1859
NA6302	Muhammad IV (d 1873); Sultan of Morocco; ( succeeded 1859)	d 1873
NA6275	Codrington; William J. (1804-1884); Sir; general Governor of Gibraltar 1859-1865	1804-1884
NA6255	Collantes; Saturnino Calderón- (1799-1864); Señor; Spanish Foreign Minister 1853-63	1799-1864
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878