Treaty of Larache

{{infobox treaty

| name = Treaty of Larache

| date_signed = April 5, 1845{{ cite web |url=https://kulturnav.org/e4fa3d56-bda7-41c7-b8d4-e248ebb2013a|website=Kulturarv|language=SV | title=Josephine (1834)}}

| location_signed = Larache, Morocco

| date_ratified = May, 1845

| negotiators = {{flagicon image|Union Jack of Sweden and Norway (1844-1905).svg}} Mathias Ehrenoff
{{flagicon image|Union Jack of Sweden and Norway (1844-1905).svg}} Carl Ulner
{{flagicon|Denmark}} Carstensen
23px Buselham Ben-Ali
23px Abd al-Rahman

| signatories = Mathias Ehrenoff
Carl Ulner
Buselham ben-ali

| parties = {{flagicon image|Union Jack of Sweden and Norway (1844-1905).svg}} Sweden-Norway
{{flag|Denmark}}{{cite web | url=https://opil.ouplaw.com/display/10.1093/law:oht/law-oht-98-CTS-125.regGroup.1/law-oht-98-CTS-125 |title=Convention between Denmark and Morocco respecting Tribute, signed at Larache, 5 April 1845|website= Oxford public international law}}


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The Treaty of Larache was a treaty between Sweden-Norway, Denmark and Morocco as a result of the Moroccan expedition (1843-45). The expedition was conducted by the combined navies of Sweden-Norway and Denmark to pressure the Moroccan sultanate into agreeing to the reversal of several old unfair treaties and to put a halt to the annual payment of tribute to Morocco in exchange for safe passage through the Mediterranean. After months of negotiations, the Moroccan sultan, Abd al-Rahman, eventually caved under the pressure from the allied powers in April 1845 in Larache as Morocco was very weak at this time due to them simultaneously fighting in the Franco-Moroccan War. The treaty was later ratified in Stockholm in May.

Stipulations

  • Sweden-Norway pays a final sum of 133 532 riksdalers to Morocco.{{cite web | url=https://sjohistoriskasamfundet.se/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/fn65-lag.pdf|title=Korvetten Carlskronas resa till Medelhavet 1844-45|language=sv | website=Sjöhistoriskasamfundet|page=7 }}
  • The payment of an annual tribute to Morocco for safe passage seizes without any repercussions from the sultanate.
  • Morocco does not receive any payments or gifts previously promised by Sweden-Norway and Denmark including 56,000 piasters.{{cite web | url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=16680&forceOrdinarySite=true|language=SV | website=Riksarkivet | title=Johan Mathias Ehrenhoff }}

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