In 1957 Sultan Muhammad V took the title "King" a year after France gave this north African country its independence
[DOC] [TLE] HISTORY OF MOROCCO - History World [PAR] And the depredations of piracy, after three centuries, at last prompt French ... and 
Morocco (which has maintained a shaky independence, under its own local 
sultans ... a notable example of how the European powers jockey for position in 
Africa.