The Burton Holmes lectures; . A THE (. NKAR INTO MOROCCO 89 majesty a renegade and backslider, while the family-tree ofthe Moorish Sultan has been so bent and twisted, and itsbranches have been so rudely hacked and broken by revolu-tions, wars, and crimes that a majority of his subjects lookaskance upon his pretensions as Commander of the of them secretly, some openly, acknowledge theShareef of Wazzan not only as the spiritual head of theEmpire, ^^—? ~~ ~ but also as. THE SACRED CITY OK WAZZAN its rightful temporal lord. Fortunately for the internal peac
The Burton Holmes lectures; . A THE (. NKAR INTO MOROCCO 89 majesty a renegade and backslider, while the family-tree ofthe Moorish Sultan has been so bent and twisted, and itsbranches have been so rudely hacked and broken by revolu-tions, wars, and crimes that a majority of his subjects lookaskance upon his pretensions as Commander of the of them secretly, some openly, acknowledge theShareef of Wazzan not only as the spiritual head of theEmpire, ^^—? ~~ ~ but also as. THE SACRED CITY OK WAZZAN its rightful temporal lord. Fortunately for the internal peaceof the land the Shareefs have been content to exercise imperialpower by suggestion, to receive tithes in lieu of taxes, and toleave to the Sultan and his ministers at Fez the vexatiousdetails of the government and the semblance of absoluteauthority. So sacred is this city of \\azzan, so fanaticalare its inhabitants, that we dared not enter its gates until amilitary escort sent by the Shareef came to conduct us to thehome assigned us as a residence by that sainted potentate. 90 INTO M()ROCC(3 It cost our servants several hours labor to clean themansion and make it habitable. In the meantime, withHaj as interpreter and Kaid Lharbi to lend di.^nity to ourpartw we were escorted b\ a half-dozen raj^f^ed soldiers tothe Shareefs palace, which j^leams white in the midst ofgreen gardens. There \vc were received with high-breddignity and more than ordi-nary cordiality b\ the manwho, as has been said, is KALE
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