It was signed after lengthy negotiations between John Hay Drummond Hay and Muhammad al-Khatib, representatives of Queen Victoria and Sultan Abd al-Rahman, respectively.

This treaty prolonged Morocco's independence but gave major concessions to British interests, and set a precedent.

[1] This treaty was composed of two texts: the first was a general treaty of 38 articles dealing with the status of consuls, and their privileges and their freedom of movement, as well as the settling of British subjects in the country.

other political entities The second text was a treaty of commerce with 8 articles.

[2][1] The treaty abolished the Makhzen monopoly and definitively opened trade in Morocco.