Mendoubia

The Mendoubia or Mandubiyya (Arabic: المندوبية, Spanish: Mendubía) refers to the former ceremonial mansion of the Mendoub, the representative of the Sultan of Morocco in the Tangier International Zone from 1924 to 1956 (with interruption during World War II).

[4] In January 1920, the property was repurposed as ceremonial mansion of the Naib, the sultan's representative to the diplomatic corps in Tangier.

[5] From the mid-1920s, the governance of the Tangier International Zone entrusted the affairs of the Muslim and Jewish communities to a personal representative of the Sultan of Morocco known as the Mendoub, who replaced the Naib.

[6] The next day, diplomat Herbert Conrad Nöhring [de] took possession of the building as Nazi Germany's consul.

Following the termination of the Mendoub’s office, the palace was repurposed to become the city's commercial court (French: tribunal de commerce).

Front view of the Mendoubia, 2022
Interior hall of the Mendoubia, 2022
Baedeker map of Tangier in 1901, showing the German Legation (left) as a rare building outside of the walled Medina
Entrance to the Mendoubia on the Grand Socco square, in 1935
Burial monuments in the Mendoubia Park at dusk