IQTIBÂL jalâlat Moulay Yûsuf sultân al-maghrib al-aqsâ bi-qasr al-baladiyya bi-Bâris. Iftitâh al-Ma'had al-Islâmî wa-Masjid Bâris. Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1927. Approx. 100 pp. Arabic text within blue, red & gilt dec. border. W. many heliogr. Lge-4°. Later brown hcf. w. marbled paper on sides (A few miniscule wormholes).
This exceptionally rare official publication commemorates the historic state visit of Sultan Moulay Youssef to Paris in July 1926 and the subsequent inauguration of the Grand Mosque of Paris (Grande Mosquée de Paris) and the Muslim Institute in 1927. It serves as a vital historical document of the French Protectorate in Morocco and the early 20th-century history of Islam in Western Europe.€ 200