Uniform with this Volume, by the same Author.
“The Moorish Empire,”
A HISTORICAL EPITOME
With Maps, a hundred and eighteen Illustrations, and a Chronological,
Geographical and Genealogical Chart o f The Moorish Empire.
CONTENTS.
Part I —INTERNAL DEVELOPMENT.
I.— MAURETANIA.— Megalithic Remains; Carthaginian, Roman, Vandal
and. Gothic Periods; Ancient Remains.
I I— THE MOHAMMEDAN INVASION— Position of the Berbers;
Conquest of Morocco; Invasion of Spain; The Berbers in Spain;
The Arabs in Morocco.
III— THE FOUNDATION OF EMPIRE (Idreesi Period)—Whence
the Stock; Position of the Idreesis; Miknasa Dynasty; Maghrdwa
Dynasty; Minor contemporaneous Kingdoms.
IV— THE CONSOLIDATION OF EMPIRE (Murdbti Period)— State
of Morocco; Yfisef bin Tashfin; Invasion of Spain; Court transferred
to Seville. .
V— THE EXTENSION OF EMPIRE (Muwdhhadi Period)— Ibn
Tumart the Madhi; Muwdhhadi Doctrines; Abd el Mu'min; Ya’kiub
el Mansur; Appeal from England; Some Moorish Mahdis.
THE CONTRACTION OF EMPIRE (Beni Marin Period).— The
Invading Leader; Ya:kub bin Abd el Hakk; Great siege o f Tlemgen;
The Khallfate; Portuguese Invasion; The Beni Wattds.
VII— THE STAGNATION OF EMPIRE (Sa’adi Period)— Origin of
Dynasty; Genealogies of the Shareefs of Morocco; “ A Saint of a
Sultan;” Battle of El Kasar; European Relations.
VIII.-THE PERSONIFICATION OF EMPIRE (Mulai IsmtL’il)—
Origin of Filali Shareefs; “ The Great Tafilatta;” The greater
Ismail; Blood-thirstiness; Enormous Family; Suitor for a French
Princess; The English in Tangier.
THE REIGNING SHAREEFS (Filali Period continued).— Disputed
Succession; El Yazeed the Bloodthirsty; Wars with France and
Spain; Reign of the late Sultan; Sus campaigns; Abd el Aziz IV.
X— THE MOORISH GOVERNMENT — Position of the Sultan; The
Court and Hareem; Ceremonial; The Army.
XI— THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION— Military Expeditions;
Oppression; Officials; Judicial Procedure; Punishments.