The Conditioned Bay'ah stipulated among other things that the sultan should consult the "Ummah" in all major decisions and wage "Jihad" for the liberation of Morocco, which was occupied by France in Oujda since April and Casablanca since August. It essentially called for Abdelhafid to back out of the 1906 Treat of Algeciras. It also called for an end to the "protégé" system.