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This fidelity to the Shereefs remains unshaken through all the shocks of the empire, and to the person of the Emperor they are completely devoted. In a country like Morocco, of widely distinct races and hostile tribes, all naturally detesting each other, the Emperor finds in them his only safety.
Morocco, in fact, is not only the classic land of Marabouts, but their home and haunt, and sphere of agitation. There are ten thousand Abd-el-Kaders and Bou Mazas all disputing authority with the High Priest, who sits on the green throne of the Shereefs. Sometimes they assume the character of demagogues, and inveigh against the rapacity and corruption of the court and government.
Now for an anecdote or two illustrative of the high state of orthodoxy professed by the Shereefs. Some time ago, a number of handkerchiefs were brought, or rather smuggled into Mogador, having printed upon them passages from the Koran. Happily for the merchant he was not found out. His Highness commanded that all the handkerchiefs which were collected should be destroyed. When Mr.
Phillips, Captain of the Port. Rumours amongst the People about my Mission. Visit to the Cemeteries. Maroquine Wreckers. Health of the inhabitants of Mogador. Moorish Cavaliers "playing at powder" composed of the ancient Numidians. The Barb. The Life Guards of the Moorish Emperor. Martial character of the Negro. Some account of the Black Corps of the Shereefs.
Personal appearances and character of Muley Abd Errahman. Refutation of the charge of human sacrifices against the Moorish Princes. Genealogy of the reigning dynasty of Morocco. Muley Suleiman, the "The Shereeff of Shereefs." Diplomatic relations of the Emperor of Morocco with European Powers. Muley Ismael enamoured with the French Princess de Conti.
He set off on his journey southward on the 6th April 1800, along with two shereefs or descendants of Mahomed, who had promised to protect him. Two years elapsed before any more was heard of him; when a Fezzan merchant informed the Danish Consul at Tripoli, that he was still alive. He was afterwards reported to have resided in Kashna, about 1803.
The Neapolitan government had no alternative but to submit, and thank the chief of the Shereefs for his extreme condescension in accepting two ship-loads of sulphur instead of one. There are occasional communications between Tangier and Tarifa, in Spain, but they are very frequent with Gibraltar.
This request, of course, could not be granted, but the "king of Christian kings" replied very graciously, "that the difference alone of religion prevented the consummation of the happiness of the Shereef of Shereefs." Take this as a specimen,
Ali-Ben-Abou-Thaleb; died in 661 of the Christian Era; surnamed "The accepted of God," of the most ancient tribe of Hashem, and husband of Fatima, styled Ey-Zarah, or, "The Pearl," only daughter of Mahomet. Hosein, or El-Hosein-es-Sebet, i.e. "The Nephew;" died in 1680; from him was derived the patronymic El-Hoseinee, which all the Shereefs bear, Hasan-el-Muthna, i.e.
The present dynasty belongs not to Fez, but to Morocco; though a dynasty of Shereefs, they are Shereefs of the south, and African blood flows in their veins.
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