He was
''qa'id'' of Casablanca from about 1880. He then assumed the position of
Naib or representative of the sultan in
Tangier in 1883, taking over for Muhammad Bargash. The duties of this post involved interlocution between the
Makhzen and the European diplomatic bodies in Tangier.
Envoy to the Vatican Torres, sent by Sultan Hassan I to
Pope Leo XIII, led the first Moroccan diplomatic mission to the
Vatican in 1888. The position temporarily became less important from the death of Hassan I in 1894 until the death of
Ba Ahmed in 1900, when his role of
grand vizier was more important.
Algeciras Conference He served as plenipotentiary representative of Sultan
Abdelaziz at the Algeciras Conference of 1906, although
Muhammad al-Muqri led the negotiations. They encountered a number of challenges at the conference, chief among which was the matter of language, as they could not understand what was being said. They had to rely on an Algerian translator who was present in the service of France:
Abdelqader Ben Ghabrit. as-Slawi had been taken to Algeria by force in the aftermath of the bombardment and invasion of Casablanca. Torres died in 1908, and was replaced by . == References ==