Rashin gudun hijira na sultan bai sauƙaƙe matsalolin Faransa a Maroko ba, kuma tawaye ya ɓarke wanda ya yi niyya ga tsarin mulki da abokan hulɗarsa tare da kamfen na boycott da kuma ayyukan tashin hankali. An yi yunkurin kisan gilla da dama a kan sabon sultan marigayi, Mohammed Ben 'Arafa, kuma daya daga cikin kamfen din kauracewa ya shafi masallatai na kasar saboda addu'o'in da ake yi a sunan sabon sultan. Daga bisani, tare da aiwatar da tsarin mulkin mallaka a Tunisia da kuma yakin neman 'yancin kai a Algeria
, Faransawa sun yarda su tattauna 'yancin kai na Maroko a wani taro a ranar 23 ga Agusta, 1955. A ranar 1 ga Oktoba Mohammed Ben 'Arafa ya yi murabus kuma daga baya a wannan watan har ma Thami el-Glaoui ya goyi bayan dawowar Mohammed V. Sultan ya dawo ya sauka a Filin jirgin saman Rabat-Salé da karfe 11:42 na safiyar ranar 16 ga Nuwamba, taron jama'a masu farin ciki suka yi masa maraba. An sanya hannu kan Yarjejeniyar 'Yanci ta Faransa-Morocco a ranar 2 ga Maris, 1956, kuma an sake haɗa Tangier zuwa Maroko a ƙarshen wannan shekarar. A cikin 1957 Mohammed V ya karɓi taken hukuma na "Sarki", wanda tun daga lokacin magajinsa, Hassan II da Mohammed VI suka yi amfani da shi.