The land of the Moors; a comprehensive description . the existing dynasty. In Ifli — the central portion—formerly existed the ex-tensive town of Sajilmasa, founded by the Miknasa Ber-bers of the Metgara tribe in 757 t Of, . 1 1 1 • 1 /- • 1 Siijliinasa. this we know but little, tor it was destroyed * Tlie fi)llo\ving historical allusions will he foiiiKl in Tlic MoorishEmpire: The Romans there, p. 12; Musa here. 24, change of name, 33;Obeid ibn Abd Allah a prisoner there, 41; subdued by the Laintuna. 50;supremacy of Tunis acknowledged, 92; conquered by the lieni Marin,93, 96; estal)lished
The land of the Moors; a comprehensive description . the existing dynasty. In Ifli — the central portion—formerly existed the ex-tensive town of Sajilmasa, founded by the Miknasa Ber-bers of the Metgara tribe in 757 t Of, . 1 1 1 • 1 /- • 1 Siijliinasa. this we know but little, tor it was destroyed * Tlie fi)llo\ving historical allusions will he foiiiKl in Tlic MoorishEmpire: The Romans there, p. 12; Musa here. 24, change of name, 33;Obeid ibn Abd Allah a prisoner there, 41; subdued by the Laintuna. 50;supremacy of Tunis acknowledged, 92; conquered by the lieni Marin,93, 96; estal)lished as indeiiendent kingdom. 102; Mohammed, son ofMulai es-Shareef, ruler there, 137; El Hasan expedition, 191. t Known to the Berbers as Tarissant in -Tifaiit. X Leo fancifully derives its name from the Latin Sigillum AlassiV., orthe seal set on the victories of a Roman commander in Massa, as thisdistrict appears to have then been called. Harris, Tajilet, p 274. * Ibn Khaldun, vol. i., pp. 220 and 262. Sec also El Bekri and IN TAFILALT. Drawn by Hor a photograph by Walter B. Harris, Esq. TAFILALT 401 as far back as the time of Yiisef bin Tashfin at theend of the eleventh century, but its ruins still extendfive miles along the river bank. Since it fell the peoplehave lived entirely in the fortresses called ksur (pi. ofksar) with which the oasis is dotted, and which formits distinguishing feature. In these the pugnacious Filalisentrench themselves and live at war, each tribe with itsneighbour, some of them being Arabs and some of themBerbers, between whom no love is lost. But the world-wide fame of Tafilalt comes from itsexquisite dates, the finest of which that will bear trans-port find their way to our tables in an improvement of the date crop subse- shareefs. quent to the settlement there of Hilali Arabs,the country owes its modern name, * and Morocco itspresent dynasty, for it was the ascription of the improve-ment to Mulai Ali
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