The land of the Moors; a comprehensive description . on of troops, as the only one on the Anjerah £1 Kasar coast, except the bay at , nearer Tangier. This port cs-Sagheer. was rebuilt in 1192 by Vakub el Mansur, and in 1458 it ~ was taken by Alfonso the African of Portugal, when its mosque wasdedicated to the Immaculate Conception. The Moors besieged it in 1503,when it was relieveil, but it was abandoned in 1540. In Rood cl hat tdsit is variously styled El Kasar Abd el Kareeni, El Kasar Ketdmi or ElKasar el (liiaz or el MejAz, the first two epithets referring to one Abdel Kareem el Ke
The land of the Moors; a comprehensive description . on of troops, as the only one on the Anjerah £1 Kasar coast, except the bay at , nearer Tangier. This port cs-Sagheer. was rebuilt in 1192 by Vakub el Mansur, and in 1458 it ~ was taken by Alfonso the African of Portugal, when its mosque wasdedicated to the Immaculate Conception. The Moors besieged it in 1503,when it was relieveil, but it was abandoned in 1540. In Rood cl hat tdsit is variously styled El Kasar Abd el Kareeni, El Kasar Ketdmi or ElKasar el (liiaz or el MejAz, the first two epithets referring to one Abdel Kareem el Ketami, credited with having been its builder: the lasttwo mean the place of the crossing, that is, of the Straits. To-day afew scattered ruins on land now owned by Englishmen mark its site,and the Portuguese arms may still be seen on some of its massive gates. ., p. 25. 340 SIFRV to Europeans, communication with them being difficult,and often dangerous. Among the most access-ible, well worthy of a visit, is Sifru, a charmingly GORGE OF IMINIFIRI, ABOVE DAMNAT.(See p. 346.) Photograph by Dr. Kiiddiick. situated walled town nestling in a valley high on anAtlas spur, about twenty miles south of Fez.*f * For most of this description I am indebted to the late Miss Herd-man, of the North African Mission, which has now two ladies stationedthere. No other Europeans are known to have resided at Sifru, and veryfew have paid even flying visits to this little known spot. Only a fewyears ago, when I gave an item of news from Sifru in The Times ofMorocco., a local contemporary took me to task for inventing new Moorishtowns. Yet the editor was a native. I 7° 4 30 W. (De Foucauld.) INHABITANTS OF SIFRU 341 It is the meeting-place for caravans to Fez from eastand south-east, from Algeria by Oojdah, and from Tafi-lah, and it is consequently an important commer-cial centre, although numbering only aboutfour thousand inhabitants.* About a third of these areJews occupying a
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