This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...it was once more abandoned in 1588,1 by Felipe II. of Spain and Portugal." Thereafter the foreigners left it alone, and it was re-peopled by the Rifis who had been employed in the war with Tangier: they erected the existing mosque.:1 Azila suffered another siege by Mulai Rasheed in 1666, when it was the stronghold of ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901 Excerpt: ...it was once more abandoned in 1588,1 by Felipe II. of Spain and Portugal." Thereafter the foreigners left it alone, and it was re-peopled by the Rifis who had been employed in the war with Tangier: they erected the existing mosque.:1 Azila suffered another siege by Mulai Rasheed in 1666, when it was the stronghold of Ghailan, the Anjera chieftain allied to the English, with whose assistance he was enabled to fly the country. To-day all that remains of Azila is contained within the small, square Portuguese walls, round the top of which one may walk, so excellent is the state, .., Modern Azila. of their preservation, but of the castle there are only picturesque ruins, with an unexplored underground passage. There is practically nothing in the way of Moorish architecture, and very little of Moorish life, for things are sleepy there, and although there is a fair proportion of Jews among a rustic population, which may number some two thousand, there are no Europeans. Probably the only foreign residents within the last three centuries were two English missionary ladies during the eighties, who are still remembered with affection by the natives. Azila has two gates, that on the land side bearing even now defaced Portuguese arms, and the other leading straight on to the beach Although there is no T., .-T The Town. Jewish quarter, there are two synagogues. No manufactures of note are carried on, but there are a number of weavers and several silversmiths, the latter being Jews. Most of the local trade is done at the Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday markets in the neighbourhood, and at the one held at home on Thursdays. The government is sometimes subject to that of Tangier, but generally to that of the province in which Azila is situated. e Misses Hcrdman au...
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