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INDEX

Abdallah-ben-Aissa, 59

Abd-el-Aziz, 256-258

Abd-el-Hafid, 209-211, 258

Abd-el-Kader, 255

Abd-el-Moumen, 30, 243, 244

Abou-el-Abbas ("The Golden"), 152, 153

Abou Hassan, 245, 246

Abou-Youssef, 245

Agdal, olive-yards of the, 139

Ahmed-Baba, 152

Ahmed-el-Hiba, 211, 212

Aid-el-Kebir, the, 164-170

Aissaouas, the, of Kairouan, 48 dance of, 52

Algeria, French conquest of, 254-256

Almohads, the, invasion of Morocco by, 243-245 architecture of, 265, 268

Almoravids, the, invasion of Morocco by, 241-243 destruction of architecture of, 265, 268

Andalusian Moors, the, mosque of, 101, 102, 240, 268, 269

Arabs, conquest of Morocco by, 239-241

Architecture, Moroccan, four basic conditions of, 266 four groups of, 270 of the Almohad dynasty, 268 of the Cherifian dynasties, 269 of the Merinid dynasty, 269, 274, 275 the Saadian mausoleum, 155 the collegiate building, 273-275 the fortress, 276 the mosque, 270-273 the private house, 275

Art, Moroccan, sources of influence on, 104, 262-265 disappearance of treasures of, 86, 87 and Moorish art, 269

Ba-Ahmed, builder of the Bahia, 129, 256, 257

Bab F'touh cemetery, at Fez, 102-104

Bahia, the, palace of, at Marrakech, 129-133 apartment of Grand Vizier's Favourite in, 131

Bazaars, of Fez, 91, 107-109 of Marrakech, 135-138 of Sale, 24, 25

Beni-Merins. _See_ Merinids

Berbers, the, attack of, on Fez, 210, 211 origins of, 232 dialects of, 234 nomadic character of, 234, 235 heresy and schisms of, 239

Bernard, M. Augustin, 69, 234, 235, 239, 251

Black Guard, the Sultan's, 164-167 uniform of, 176 Moulay-Ismael's method of raising, 44, 67-69

Blue Men of the Sahara, the, 112

Bou-Jeloud, palace of, 80, 81, 83

Bugeaud, Marshal, 255

Carthage, African colonies of, 236, 237

Casablanca, exhibitions at, 219 port of, 222, 223

Catholics, in Morocco, 248, 249

Cemetery, El Alou, 17, 18 Bab F'touh, 102-104

Chatelain, M. Louis, 46

Chella, ruins of, 28-30

Cherifian dynasties, the, 247, 251 architecture of, 269

Children, Moroccan, in the harem, 194 negro, 43, 44, 199-201 training of, for Black Guard, 67-69

Chleuh boys, dance of, 148

Christians, captive, and the building of Meknez, 69, 70, 73 religious liberty to, in Africa, 248, 249

Clocks, in Sultan's harem at Rabat, 172, 173

Cochelet, Charles, his "Naufrage du Brick Sophie," 250

Colleges, at Fez, 97-100, 105-107 at Sale, 19-22, 25, 26 Moslem, 225 architecture of Moroccan, 273-275

Colors, of North African towns, 50

Commerce, Moroccan, 223

Conti, Princesse de, 59

Convention of Fez, the, 209

Courts of Justice, Moroccan, 224

Crowds, Moroccan street, 161, 162

Culture, in North Africa, 104-106, 246, 267

Dance, of Chleuh boys, 148 of the Hamadchas, 48, 49, 51-57

Dawn, in Africa, 37

Djebilets, the, 125

Doutte, M., 264, 268

Dust-storm, at Marrakech, 145-147

Education, in Morocco, 225, 226

Elakhdar, mosque of, 62

El Alou, cemetery of, 17, 18

El Andalous, mosque of, 101, 102, 240, 268, 269

Elbali (Old Fez), 88 _et seq._ harems of, 188-196

Eldjid (New Fez), 77, 80 palaces of, 84-87 founding of, 245

El Kairouiyin, mosque of, 80, 83, 93, 95-100, 240, 263, 268, 269 the praying-hall of, 98 the court of ablutions of, 99, 100 legend of the tortoise of, 97

El-Ksar, 11, 12, 152

El-Mansour, Yacoub, 16, 30-33

Elmansour, palace of, 63

Empress Mother, the, 177, 178

English emissaries, visit of, to Meknez, 71-73

Exhibitions, planned by General Lyautey, 219-221

Ezziani, chronicler of Moulay-Ismael, 60, 61, 64, 66, 67, 70

Fatimites, the, 240, 241

Fez, the approach to, 77 unchanged character of, 78 ruins of Merinid tombs of, 78, 79 the upper or new, 80 old summer-palace at, 80-83 night in, 82, 116-119 antiquity of, 83 palaces of, 84-87 the inns at, 86, 94, 116, 117 streets of, 88-91 a city of wealth, 90 the merchant of, 90 bazaars of, 91, 92, 107-109 a melancholy city, 92, 109 twilight in, 93 the shrines of, 93 mosque of Moulay Idriss at, 94, 95 mosque of El Kairouiyinat, 95-100 the University of, 97, 100, 101 Medersas of, 99, 105-107, 274 mosque of El Andalous at, 101, 102 Bab F'touh cemetery of, 102-104 the potters of, 103 art and culture of, 104-106, 247 the Mellah of, 113 harems of Old, 188-196 the Convention of, 209 uprising in, 210 attack of Berbers on, 211 exhibitions at, 219 Moslem college at, 225 founding of, 240 Almoravid conquest of, 242 centre of Moroccan learning, 247 Catholic diocese at, 248 massacres at, 258

Fez Elbali, 88 _et seq._, 188-196

Fez Eldjid, 77, 80, 83-87, 245

Fondak Nedjarine, the, at Fez, 94

Fortifications, Moroccan, architecture of, 276

Foucauld, Vicomte de, 110, 249

Franco-German treaty of 1911, 212

French Protectorate in Morocco, 209-222 work of, 222-227

French, conquests in Morocco, 254-256 at Fez, 258

Furniture, disappearance of Merinid, 86, 87

Ghilis, the, 125

Gouraud, General, 211

Hamadch, tomb of, 49, 56

Hamadchas, the, ritual dance of, 48, 49, 51-57

Harem, in old Fez, 188-196 an Imperial, 170-181 in Marrakech, 197-205 in old Rabat, 182-187

Hassan, Sultan, 129, 245, 246, 256

Hassan, tower of, at Rabat, 31, 32

Hassanians, the, rule of, 253-258

Holy War, the, against France, 255, against Spain and Portugal, 248-250

Hospitals, in Morocco, 226, 227

Houses, Moroccan, architecture of, 266, 275 color of, 50 plan of, 20 rich private, 86, 106

Ibn-Toumert, 243, 268

Idriss I, 94, 239

Idriss II, 61, 80, 83, 94, 240

Idrissite empire, the, 240, 241

Inns, Moroccan, 86, 94, 116, 117

Jews, of Sefrou, 113-116 treatment of North African, 114

Kairouan, the Alissaouas of, 48, 52 Great Mosque of, 93, 95, 272

Kairouiyin, mosque of. _See_ El Kairouiyin

Kalaa, ruins of, 264

Kenitra, port of, 38, 223

Koechlin, M. Raymond, 268

Koutoubya, tower of the, 127, 128

Lamothe, General, 218

Land, area of cultivated, in Morocco, 224

Louis XIV, and Moulay-Ismael, 58, 59, 70

Lunel, M. Tranchant de, 106, 274

Lyautey, General, 23, 149, 150 at Sultan's court, 179 appointed Resident-General in Morocco, 210 military occupation of Morocco by, 211, 212 policy of, 213 _et seq._ economic development of Morocco achieved by, 218-222 summary of work of, 222-226

Maclean, Sir Harry, 144

Mamora, forest of, 14

Mangin, General, 212

Mansourah, mosque of, 150

Market, of Marrakech, 144 in Moulay Idriss, 49 of Sale, 26, 27 of Sefrou, 111-113

Marrakech, the road to, 123-126 founders of, 128, 129, 242 tower of the Koutoubya at, 127, 128 palace of the Bahia at, 129-133 the lamp-lighters of, 133 mixed population of, 134 bazaars of, 135-138 the "morocco" workers of, 137 olive-yards of, 139 the Menara of, 139, 140 a holiday of merchants of, 140-142 the Square of the Dead in, 143-145 French administration office at, 144 fruit-market of, 144 dance of Chleuh boys in, 148 Saadian tombs of, 149, 154-158, 252 a harem in, 197-205 taken by the French, 212 Catholic diocese at, 248 Chapel of the Tombs at, 270

Medersa, the, of the Oudayas, 19-22 Attarine, 99 at Fez, 99, 105-107 at Sale, 25, 26 architecture of, 273-275

Mehedyia, Phenician colony of, 38, 237

Meknez, building of, 57-64, 69, 70 the Kasbah of, 62 palaces of, 63 stables of, 63 entrance into, 64 ruins of, 64-66 sunken gardens of, 72 visit of English emissaries to, 71-73

Mellah, of Fez, 113 of Sefrou, 113-116

Menara, the, in the Agdal, 139, 140

Mequinez. _See_ Meknez

Merinids, the, tombs of, at Fez, 78, 79 conquest of Morocco by, 245-247 architecture of, 269, 274, 275

Mirador, the Imperial, 170-181

Moorish art, 269

Mosque, of Elakhador, 62 of El Andalous, 101, 102, 240, 268, 269 of El Kairouiyin, 80, 83, 93-100, 240, 263, 268, 269 of Kairouan, 93 of Mansourah, 150 of Rabat, 32 of Tinmel, 243, 268 of Tunisia, 96 architecture of Moroccan, 270-273

Moulay Hafid, 81

Moulay-el-Hassan, 129, 256

Moulay Idriss I, rule of, 239 tomb of, 94

Moulay Idriss II, tomb of, 61, 80, 83, 94 rule of, 240

Moulay Idriss, Sacred City of, 5, 39, 45-57 Street of the Weavers in, 47 feast of the Hamadchas in, 48-57 market-place of, 49 whiteness of, 50 founding of, 240

Moulay-Ismael, and Louis XIV, 58, 59, 70 exploits of, 60-62 mausoleum of Moulay Idriss enlarged by, 61 Meknez built by, 62, 63, 69, 70 the Black Guard of, 44, 67-69 description of, 71 palaces of, 72 and English emissaries, 72, 73 death of, 73, 74 rule of, 253 successors of, 254

Moulay Youssef, 180, 181, 258

Nedjarine, fountain and inn of, 94

Night, in Fez, 116-119

Oases, Moroccan, 109, 110 Marrakech, 127 _et seq._ Sefrou, 110 _et seq._ Settat, 124

Oudayas, the, Kasbah of, 16, 17 Medersa of, 19-22

Palaces, Moroccan, the Bahia, 129-133 Bou-Jeloud, 80-83 at Fez, 80-87 at Meknez, 63 of Moulay-Ismael, 72

Phenicians, the, African explorations of, 236, 237

Pilgrimage to Sale, a, 41

Population, Moroccan, varied elements of, 89, 134

Ports, Moroccan, 222, 223

Portugal, the Holy War against, 248-250

Pottery, Berber, 264

Potters' Field, the, 104

Rabat, 15, 16 Tower of Hassan at, 31, 32 ruins of mosque at, 32 called "Camp of Victory," 33 Sacrifice of the Sheep at, 163 _et seq._ Sultan's harem of, 170-181 visit to a harem in old, 182-187 exhibitions at, 219 port of, 223 Moslem college at, 225 Central Laboratory at, 226

Railways, Moroccan, built by French Protectorate, 224

Rarb, the, 38, 44

Roads, Moroccan, built by French Protectorate, 224

Romans, the, African explorations of, 237, 238

Saadian Sultans, the, history of, 151-153 tombs of, 149, 154-158, 252 rule of, 247-252

Sacrifice of the Sheep, the, 164-170

Saint-Amand, M. de, 58

Saladin, M. H., his "Manual of Moslem Architecture," 233, 261, 271

Sale, first view of, 14 type of untouched Moroccan city, 23, 24 bazaar of, 24, 25 Medersas of, 19-22, 25, 26 market of, 26, 27 colors of, 50

Schools, in Morocco, 225, 226

Sedrata, ruins of, 264

Sefrou, 110-116 market-place of, 111-113 men and women of, 112, 113 Jewish colony of, 113-116

Senegal, 152

Settat, oasis of, 124

Sheep, sacrifice of the, 164-170

Sidi-Mohammed, 254

Slaves, Moroccan, 171, 191, 199-201 trade in white, 250

_Sloughi_, bronze, at Volubilis, 46, 87

Soudan, 152

Spain, the Holy War against, 248-250

Spanish zone, the, German intrigue in, 213, 218

Stables, of Meknez, 63

Stewart, Commodore, 71

Street of the Weavers (Moulay Idriss), 47

Streets, Moroccan, 47, 88-91, 161, 162

Tangier, 3-8 colors of, 50 taken by the French, 255

Tetuan, bronze chandelier of, 87

Timbuctoo, the Sultanate of, 152

Tingitanian Mauretania, 237

Tinmel, ruins of mosque at, 243, 268

Tlemcen, the conflict for, 245, 246

Touaregs, the, 236

Tower, of Hassan, 31, 32 of the Koutoubya, 127, 128

Tunisia, Almohad sanctuary of, 96

Vandals, the, African invasion by, 238

Veiled Men, the, 236, 241

Versailles and Meknez, 58

Villages, "sedentary," 43

Volubilis, ruins of, 44-46 bronze _sloughi_ of, 46, 87 founded by Romans, 237

Wedding, Jewish, procession bringing gifts for, 108

Windus, John, 70-72, 250

Women, Moroccan, dress of, 51, 52 of Sefrou, 112, 113 of the harems, 187-189 in Sultan's harem, 173-175 in harems of Old Fez, 188, 192-194 in harem of Marrakech, 202-204 in harem of Rabat, 184-187 negro, 43, 191

Yacoub-el-Mansour, 16, 30-33, 244

Youssef-ben-Tachfin, 242

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