Hafidiya
| The Hafidiya الحفيظية | |||||||
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Sultan Abd al-Aziz fleeing from the Battle of Marrakesh | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Sultan's forces | Abd al-Hafid's forces | ||||||
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| Strength | |||||||
| 7,000 initially falling to 100 | 3,000 initially peaking at 36,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| About 1000 killed | |||||||
The Hafidiya (Arabic: الحفيظية, romanized: al-Ḥafīẓīya) was a coup d'état in Morocco between 1907 and 1908 in which Abd al-Hafid seized power from his brother Abdelaziz. Abd al-Hafid started his movement in Marrakesh in the aftermath of the Algeciras Conference, the French occupation of Oujda and of Casablanca and the gaining the support of Amazigh leaders in the south. The Ulama of Fes supported Abdelhafid only with an unprecedented Conditioned Bay'ah, or pledge of allegiance.