Record

Document Reference	Bu 44/65
Title	Copy despatch from A. Buchanan, Madrid, Spain, to Lord John Russell [later 1st Earl Russell], Foreign Office, London; 26 Dec 1859.
Date	26 December 1859
Extent	2 ff
Level	Piece
Content Description	Informs him that he had received reports that the war in Morocco was being fought with great ferocity; suggests that Mr Drummond-Hay should attempt to persuade the Moors to follow the laws of war laid down in Europe; understood the Sultan of Morocco looked favourably on the idea.
Term	Moroccan affairs, 'Moroccan Question'
Term	military campaigns, rules of war

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA6302	Muhammad IV (d 1873); Sultan of Morocco; ( succeeded 1859)	d 1873
NA6225	Hay; John Hay Drummond- (1816-1893); Sir; diplomat	1816-1893
NA136	Buchanan; Andrew (1807-1882); 1st Baronet; diplomat	1807-1882
NA139	Russell; John (1792-1878); 1st Earl Russell	1792-1878