Geographical Divisions. -which may be added the various tribes o f Berebbers, inhabiting the mountains o f Atla s,* and the intermedial plains, o f which the ch ie f clans or Kabyles are the Girwan, A it lmure, Zian,-f- Gibbellah, and Zimurh-Shelluh. T h e principal towns o f this division are, Fas (old and new c ity , called b y the Arabs FasJeddede and Fas el Balie), Mekinas, or Mequinas, Tetuan, Tangier, A rz illa , El Araiche, Sla, orSalee, Rabat, A 1 Kassar, Fedalla, Dar-el-beida, and the Sanctuary o f M u le y Dris Zerone, where the Mohammedan re ligion was first planted in West Barbary. 2d, The central d iv is io n ; which contains the provinces o f Dukella or Duquella, A bda, Shedma, Haha, and the district o f Marocco.J T he chief towns being Marocco, Fruga, Azamore, Mazagan, Tet, A 1 Waladia, Asfie, or Saifee, Sueerah, or Mo- godor.§ 3d, T h e southern division; containing the provinces o f Draha and S u s e ; which latter is inhabited b y many powerful tribes or Kabyles, the chie f o f which are Howara, Emsekina, Exima, Idautenan, Idaultit, Ait-Atter, Wedinoon, Kitiwa, A it- Bamaran, Messa, and Shtuka; o f these Howara, Wedinoon, and * The Allas mountains are called in Arabic Jibbel Attils, i. e. the mountains of snow ; hence, prpbably, the word Atlas. f Zian is a warlike tribe; it lately opposed an imperial army of upwards of thirty thousand men. This Kabyle is defended from attacks by rugged and almost inaccessible passes. } By the negligence of authors Marocco has been called Morocco, as Mohammed or Muhammed has been transformed to Mahommed, and Mohammedan to Mahommedan. § Sueerah is the proper name; Europeans have called it Mogodor, from a saint who was buried a mile from the town, called Sidy Mogodool, which last word, from oral tradition, has been corrupted to Mogador, and sometimes to Mogadore. Geographical Divisions. 3 h a lf o f A it-Bamaran are A ra b s ; the other's are Shelluhs. T h e principal towns o f this division are Terodant, Agadeer,* or Santa Cruz, Inoon, or Noon, Ifran, or Ufran, A k k a , Tatta, Messa, and Dar-Delemie. 4th, T he eastern division, w h ich lies to the east o f the Atlas, and is called T a f ile lt ; it was formerly a separate kingdom. A riv e r o f the same name passes through this territory, on the banks o f which the present Emperor’s father, Sidi Mohammed ben Abdallah, built a magnificent palace. T he re are many other adjacent buildings and houses inhabited b y sherreefs, or Mohammedan princes o f the present dynasty, with their respective establishments.-)- * Agadeer is the Arabian name, Guertguessem the ancient African name,, and Santa Cruz is the Portugueze appellation. f The modern Arabs divide Northern Africa into three grand divisions: the first extends from the Equator to the Nile el Abeede, or river of Nigritia, and is called Soudan, which is an African word indicative of black, the inhabitants being of that colour : the second extends from the river of Soudan to Bled-el jenede, and is denominated Sahara, front the aridity and flatness of the land : the third division comprises Bled-el-jerrede, the maritime states of Barbary, Egypt, and Abyssinia. Some authors have affirmed that Bled-el-jerrede signifies the Country of Dates; others, that it signifies the Country of Locusts ; dates certainly abound there; but the name does not imply dates. Jeraad is the Arabic for locusts; but it is a different word from Jerffide, which signifies dry.
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