Ka cika wannan furcin: Wani muhimmin abu da ya faru a lokacin mulkinsa shi ne yarjejeniyar Madrid da aka yi a shekara ta 1880. Wannan yarjejeniya ta ba da izini da kariya ta duniya ga ƙasashen da ƙasashen waje suka kama. Wannan ya shirya mataki don kare Faransa a Morocco da ke farawa a 1912. Ya yi nasarar kiyaye 'yancin kai na Maroko yayin da jihohin makwabta suka fada karkashin tasirin Turai, kamar Tunis wanda Faransa ta ci nasara da Masar wanda aka ci nasara.
Birtaniya ta mamaye shi.