Frédéric Weisgerber
Frédéric Weisgerber (30 March 1868, - 26 December 1946, Rabat) was a French colonial doctor and cartographer active in Morocco before and during the French Protectorate. In 1904, he wrote a book entitled "" about his three-month participation in a campaign in Morocco in the winter of 1898. Biography. He was born to a military family in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Haut-Rhin in 1868. Section::::"Trois Mois de Campagne au Maroc". His 1904 book "Trois Mois de Campagne au Maroc" recounts his 3-month journey through Morocco occasioned by the illness of Sultan Abdelaziz's grand vizier, Ahmed bin  Mūsa ash-Sharqī, commonly known as Ba Ahmed, early 1898. In this book, Weisgerber describes the geography of what had been a ""terra incognita"" to Europeans: its "orography, hydrography, geology, climate, flora, fauna, and population." He also illustrates the contrast between "Bled el-Makhzen", where the sultan has direct authority, and "Bled es-Siba", inhabited by independent tribes. The book also discusses the ongoing insurrection of Jilali ben Driss al-Youssefi al-Zerhouni, commonly known as El Rogui or Bou Hmara, in the north, as well as the Makhzen's treatment of prisoners at the time.