other political entities The Treaty of Wad Ras (Arabic: معاهدة واد راس, Spanish: Tratado de Wad-Ras) was a treaty signed between Morocco and Spain at the conclusion of the War of Tetuan on April 26, 1860, at Wad Ras, located between Tetuan and Tangier.

[1] Following the treaty, the Moroccan government took a massive British loan larger than its national reserves to pay off its war debt to Spain.

[4] After the Spain's victory over Morocco at the Battle of Tetuan and its conquest of the city in 1860, the Spanish general Leopoldo O'Donnell decided to attack Tangier.

The Moroccan army, led by al-Abass Bin Abderrahman, brother of Sultan Muhammad IV, attempted to challenge the attack at Wad Ras, where he suffered a massive defeat.

[6] The British loan was to be repaid from half of the tariff revenue collected at Moroccan ports, to be overseen by European agents.