In 1957 Sultan Muhammad V took the title "King" a year after France gave this north African country its independence
[DOC] [TLE] French protectorate in Morocco - Wikipedia [PAR] The French Protectorate in Morocco ); Arabic:         imyat 
Farans ... By early April 1911, the Sultan was besieged in his palace in Fez and 
the ... Morocco was also unique among the North African countries in possessing 
a .... to enforce the independence of Morocco, and in 1957 took the title of King.