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Title: The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages:
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Williams, Henry Smith, 1863-1943
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : The Outlook Company (etc.,etc.)
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive

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e withthe Saadian sherifs. Immediately after the death of al-Man.sur (1603), theirstruggles between brothers, their connivance with Christians (in 1609 al-Mansurdelivered up al-Araish to the Si)anish), aroused against them other marabouts,other sheurfa, other mahdis. In general these reform preachers came to abad end, and had their heads hung up on the battlements of Marrakesh.Others were redoubtable because they were more j^rudent; such were the saintsof the oasis of Sajilmasa, such were the Hassanian sheurfa. The latter con-tinued to lead poor, meditative, and virtuous lives while all the time fightingagainst the Christians, masters of the ports on the ocean, ^\^len in 1659,about a hundred years after the defeat of the Merinids by the Saadians, theSaadian dynasty was extinguished, it was these Hassanians who founded anew dynasty at Morocco, entertaining the quickly dispelled illusion that itwould initiate a period of greater purity and prosperity. The same dynastyrules there to-day.
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NORTHEKN AFRICA 473 (1664-1894 A. D.) HASSANIAN DYNASTY The first one of this family to take the title of sultan was Arshid, who ruledfrom 1664 to 1672. He was succeeded by his brother, Mulai Ismail, perhapsthe most famous of this djTiasty—a very cruel and at the same time a veryable despot. His rule lasted fifty-five years (until 1727). Under his succes-sors the land was torn by wars and dissensions; it enjoyed a period of reposeunder Mulai Sidi Muhammed (1757-1789), who showed a marked inclinationtowards European civilisation, but after his death the old tyranny and law-lessness were resumed. During the reign of Abd ar-Rahman (1822-1859)occurred in Algeria the revolt of Abdul-Kadir against France; the assistancegiven by Morocco to Algeria led to an attack upon Morocco by French troops.In August, 1844, the prince de Joinville bombarded Tangier and Mogador,and Marshal Bougeaud defeated the Moroccan troops at Isly. Peace wasconcluded on September 4th, 1844, but Abdul-Kadirs attempts

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