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	Yazid 1
		Yazid's reign was dominated by great divisions of the Muslim world, and he died before he had a chance to take control over rebellious regions, like the Hijaz.
		Yazid accomplished relatively much in his short reign, he introduced reforms to the bureaucracy and military, he altered the taxations system and saw to many improvements of the agriculture and irrigation of the capital Damascus.
		Yazid dies before the campaign is concluded, and with his death the caliphate troops withdraws from Mecca.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/uyazid1.htm (187 words)

	Morocco - LoveToKnow 1911
		Morocco is still the portion of Northern Africa about which European information is most defective, and all maps are still to a considerable extent composed of unscientific material eked out by probabilities and conjecture.
		The fruit, which ripens between May and August, is an olive-looking nut, greedily eaten by camels, mules, goats, sheep and horned cattle (but not by horses) for the sake of the fleshy pericarp, and crushed by the natives to extract the oil from the kernel.
		The language of Morocco is Berber, of which several dialects are spoken, notably that of the Rif, towards Algeria, and the Shilha of central Morocco and the Sus.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Morocco (13825 words)

	FOCUS on MOROCCO - History
		Dissemination of Islam in Morocco under Okba Ibn Nafi and Andalusia under Tarik Ibn Ziad.
		Arrival of Moulay Idriss I in Morocco and emergence of the Idrissides Dynasty.
		Presentation of the "Independence Manifesto", demanding recognition of the independence of Morocco, its territorial integrity and its national sovereignty as embodied by His Majesty King Mohammed V
	www.focusmm.com /morocco/mo_hist1.htm (586 words)

	Umayyads
		Yazid's reign (680-683) was marked by rebellions led by Husayn b.
		Ali at Kerbala and Ibn al- Zubayr at Mecca, both of whom refused to recognize Yazid's authority.
		His successor, Yazid II (720-724), caused a renewal of the hostilities between the Qaysites and the Kalbites by openly favoring the the former.
	www.princeton.edu /~batke/itl/denise/umayyads.htm (650 words)

	Coupe d'afrique des nations de Football en Tunisie CAN 2004
		Morocco were the third team after Mali and Nigeria to reach the semi-finals despite falling behind.
		Morocco did have the ball in the net after five minutes, but the whistle blew for a foul before Jawad Zairi, a young striker being compared to former Argentina star Diego Maradona, netted with a close-range shot.
		Morocco were pressing more and came close again 11 minutes from full-time as Gaouaoui raced outside his penalty area only for Houssine Kharja to head the ball over him, but Yahia calmly cleared at the expense of a corner.
	www.coupedafrique.com /can2004/informations/can2004.cfm?newsid=991 (918 words)

	1757-90. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		Parts of the country demonstrated allegiance by the payment of taxes and the provision of troops, and were known as the bilad al-makhzan (“government lands”).
		Muhammad III established the port city of Mogador (Essaouira) to serve as an outlet for the Atlantic trade with European countries, which provided the main source of state revenue until the early 20th century.
		The Portuguese were evicted from Mazagan, their last post in Morocco.
	www.bartleby.com /67/825.html (384 words)

	THE JEWS OF MOROCCO
		By the early nineteenth century, this oppressed population would be confined to mellahs in all major cities by the ruler Mulay Sulayman (1792-1822).
		The bare bones existence of the Jews of Morocco may look bleak, but something must have kept their communities flourishing; it appears they were sustained by a profound sense of distinctive Jewish culture.
		For an idea of the disproportion of overpopulation in the Jewish area, the statistics of inhabitants per 1,000 square meters in Marrakesh, South Morocco's largest city in 1949, are as follows : 35 in the European section, 450 in the Muslim, and 1,300 in the Jewish.
	www.sefarad.org /publication/lm/017/morocco.html (2264 words)

	The Magic Morocco - History of morocco (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Vandals and Goths who were sweeping through Spain may have touched the northern tip of Morocco on their way eastwards to Carthage but there are no traces that they have stayed.
		It was very largely as a result of the of these people, with their refinements and skills, that Fez became a great spiritual and intellectual center whose influence very much reached to the far north of the country and, later, beyond.
		The policy of the Merinides in running the affairs of Morocco was enlightened they the first Moroccans to introduce a simple form of civil service.
	www.magicmorocco.com /history_of_morocco.html (3051 words)

	History of the Jews in Morocco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The dependence of Morocco upon the Caliphate of Baghdad ceased in 788, when, under the Idris ibn Abdallah (known as Idris I), the dynasty of the Idrisids, the descendants of Ali, was founded and proclaimed its independent rule over Morocco.
		The Jews undertook a political role in the history of the subjection of Morocco to Idris I. After he had conquered Tangier and Volubilis, he wished to induce the Jewish tribes, which were inclined to remain faithful to the caliph of Bagdad, to join his army.
		The accession to the throne of Yazid, on the death of Mohammed III in 1789, led to a terrible massacre of the Moroccan Jews, having refused him their support in his fight with his brother for the succession.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_Morocco (4140 words)

	Jewish Morocco
		Through capturing the caravan routes in eastern and western Morocco, Moulay Rachid was able to ensure the cooperation of Jewish traders in financing the new empire.
		Meknes attracted Jewish immigrants from throughout Morocco, and the mellah was relatively prosperous in the beginning of the 18th century.
		Moulay Yazid had an intense hatred for the Jews and incited pogroms throughout the country between 1790 and 1792.
	rickgold.home.mindspring.com /page10.html (394 words)

	Islamic History (Chronology)
		Death of Yusuf AI Mustansir, accession of Abdul Wahid in Morocco..
		In Morocco, Sharif Muhammad al Jati overthrown by the Wattisid chief Muhammad al Shaikh who establishes the rule of the Wattisid dynasty.
		Death of Muhammad III, Sultan of Turkey, accession of Ahmad I. In Morocco al Shaikh died.
	www.barkati.net /english/chronology.htm (8011 words)

	Morocco (Alaoui Dynasty)
		A French protectorate was imposed on Morocco by the Treaty of Fès on 30/3/1912 and the country was then divided administratively with the Spanish government under the Treaty of Madrid on 27/11/1912.
		The legitimate Sultan was restored in late 1955 and, as King Mohammed V led Morocco to independance from France on 2/3/1956, and from Spain on 7/7/1956.
		In pre-colonial Morocco, it was used for the formal representatives of the Sultan in Marrakech, Fès and Meknès, the old "imperial" capitals.
	www.morocco-usa.org /alaoui.htm (2335 words)

	Medals of the Kingdom of Morocco (IEPE)
		The rulers of Morocco established their power in the region at the end of the seventeenth century.
		In 1958 (northern Morocco), 1975 (Western Sahara), and 1969 (Ifni), previously separated regions of Spanish Morocco were rejoined to the state.
		This "Green March" served to press Morocco's claims to the region and led to the eveutulal withdrawal of Mauritanian and Spanish pretensions in the region.
	faculty.winthrop.edu /haynese/medals/morocco.html (3888 words)

	Morocco - Minarets And Palaces
		This is the same commercial Morocco that in the middle ages enriched great princes who loved beauty and luxury, and made living itself a perfect art.
		But the monuments they have left, crumble and decay before the heedless eyes of modern Morocco, which merely murmurs that these changes are fated, that the glories of nations rise and fade even as the lives of men, and that all things must come to pass as they are written in the Book of God.
		This complete sense of resignation to fate which is felt through all the pages of the Arab historians, permeates the whole life of Morocco from pashas and caïds to beggars and slaves, and contact with Europe cannot change it.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles21/morocco-4.shtml (4139 words)

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		The twelfth century Moulay Yazid Mosque, which is of outstanding architectural interest, is a few minutes walk from Maison Mnabha down the lively main street of the Kasbah.
		The Kasbah was in origin a citadel occupied by the Sultans of Morocco.
		Consequently Maison Mnabha is in the vicinity of the splendid palaces and magnificent monuments built by the Sultans in the Kasbah.
	www.maisonmnabha.com /location.htm (626 words)

	TARIKH - E - IMAMAT
		Opposition to Yazid was due to the fact that Yazid was not considered capable of bearing the responsibility of the Muslim Empire due to his bad character.
		Yazid had already become unpopular for the brutal killing of Imam Husayn.
		Abu Yazid's revolt, one of the most dangerous the Fatimid Caliphs had faced, was still on.
	ismaili.net /Source/1043.html (19183 words)

	Morocco (Alaoui Dynasty)
		A French protectorate was imposed on Morocco by the Treaty of Fès on 30/3/1912 and the country was then divided administratively with the Spanish government under the Treaty of Madrid on 27/11/1912.
		The legitimate Sultan was restored in late 1955 and, as King Mohammed V led Morocco to independance from France on 2/3/1956, and from Spain on 7/7/1956.
		In pre-colonial Morocco, it was used for the formal representatives of the Sultan in Marrakech, Fès and Meknès, the old "imperial" capitals.
	www.usa-morocco.org /alaoui.htm (2335 words)

	HISTORY OF MOROCCO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Morocco becomes a member of the United Nations Organisation.
		Morocco ratifies in Cairo the denuclearisation treaty in Africa, which forbids the holding, stocking, circulation, use or experimenting of any kind of nuclear weapons or products in the African continent.
		Adoption by referendum of the new draft of the constitution which institutes a bicameral system, with a first house of representatives elected exclusively in a direct universal suffrage, and a second house of counselors, elected in an indirect suffrage.
	www.mincom.gov.ma /english/generalities/history/history.html (3509 words)

	Morocco
		26 Apr 1860 Morocco cedes Western Sahara and Ifni to Spain.
		26 Feb 1976 Morocco and Mauritania partition Western Sahara.
		1819 - 15 Mar 1821 Ibrahim ibn Yazid
	www.worldstatesmen.org /Morocco.htm (2265 words)

	The Jewish Community of Fez
		In 1790, Moulay Yazid destroyed its Synagogues, ordered the plunder of the Community, and expelled its inhabitants.
		The return of the Jews was authorized in 1792, but the Community was reduced to a quarter of its former size.
		Among the sites of Pilgrimage for Jewish Travelers in Morocco, the most popular is the tomb of Rabbi Yehouda Benatar in Fez.
	www.bh.org.il /Communities/Archive/Fez.asp (804 words)

	Essential Essaouira \| The Jewish Exponent
		According to a 1900 edition of the Encyclopaedia Judaica, in order to convert 10 Mogador Jews, Sultan Muley Yazid tortured the group for 10 days by repeatedly hanging them head downward in a dry cistern and bastinadoing them (blows with a stick on the soles of the feet).
		When the news of the death of Muley Yazid came, some of the Jews had expired, and one had embraced Islam; the rest were set free.
		A travel writer wrote in 1900 that it is the best planned and cleanest town in the Empire, "and in consequence, it stands high as a health resort." That's still true today.
	www.jewishexponent.com /article/10749 (962 words)

	History of the Ismaili Imams Tarikh-e Imamat -Imamat in North Africa Chapter 3
		Mowlana Abu Tahir Ismail al-Mansoor bi-Allah was born at Qairawan in 302 A.H. His entire upbringing was in North Africa, amid an atmosphere of battle and revolts, which helped him to develop a military spirit and discipline.
		To this Zanata tribe belonged Abu Yazid, who was born in Sudan.
		Besides Abu Yazid's revolt, Imam al-Mansoor had to face another revolt, but he was finally able to supress this revolt in 336 A.H. Sicily:
	www.amaana.org /history/history3.htm (1419 words)

	Morocco's Islamic Groups Fail To Refer To Islam - sunniforum.com
		Daughter of Abdessalam Yassine (leader of the 'Islamic' movement Al Adl Wal Ihsane in Morocco), she is now suffering a backlash from other so called 'Islamic' groups within Morocco.
		With regards to our current situation - none of these 'monarchs' are applicable as the khalifs despite abusing the bayah - had still implemented Islam wholistically - this is in stark contrast to the American servants who are openly fighting those who call for the rule of Allah to be established.
		i am sure you are aware of the terrible treatment of muslims in Morocco who are kidnapped and left in the middle of the Sahara desert to die after calling for the islamic way of life.
	www.sunniforum.com /forum/showthread.php?t=6730 (2104 words)

	ELI 2004 Newsletter -- Special Programs
		The PLUS Program is a new initiative that selects outstanding students who have already completed two years of undergraduate study in their home countries and provides scholarships for enhancing their English language and study skills at American institutions before completing undergraduate degree programs at a U.S. university.
		A dozen primary and secondary school teachers from Jordan and 12 teacher trainers and supervisors from Morocco attended five weeks of workshops in teaching pedagogy at ELI from June through August.
		In August, 30 students from Kobe Shoin Women’s University in Kobe, Japan, and their two escorts, Naomi Kuratani and Takae Kato, came to ELI to study English language and American culture for one month.
	www.udel.edu /eli/04news/04special.html (1649 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Region \| The talent for tolerance
		Turnout, officially estimated to be 79.76 per cent, was the highest in many years.
		Algeria's immediate neighbours -- Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia and Libya -- are also in a state of political flux.
		All of Algeria's neighbours have had strong militant Islamist movements, but only in Algeria have the armed Islamist opposition posed a dangerous threat to the secular regime.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2005/763/re21.htm (1050 words)

	MOROCCO6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Rebelled against his father in 1769, 1771 and 1775 but was pardoned each time.
		at Sijilmasa (Rissani), Tafilalt, 1766, ninth son of H.M. Sultan Al-'Alawi Sidi Muhammad III bin 'Abdu'llah, Sultan of Morocco, by a lady of the Ahlaf tribe, educ.
		I would be grateful to hear from anyone who may have changes, corrections or additions to contribute.
	www.4dw.net /royalark/Morocco/morocco6.htm (382 words)

	Jewish Morocco
		Agadir is the entrance point to Southern Morocco and the desert.
		South of Agadir is Ifrane Anti-Atlas, where the tombs of the 50 Nesrafimes or Jewish martyrs are located.
		In 1790 during the tyrannical reign of Moulay Yazid, these Jews chose to jump into a fire rather than convert to Islam.
	rickgold.home.mindspring.com /page22.html (244 words)

	Algeria (08/06)
		Algeria’s support of self-determination for the Polisario is in opposition to Morocco’s claim of sovereignty.
		Although the land border between Morocco and Algeria was closed in the wake of a terrorist attack in 1994, the two have worked at improving relations, and in July 2004, Morocco lifted visa requirements for Algerians.
		In August 2005, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Richard G. Lugar led a Presidential Mission to Algeria and Morocco to oversee the release of the remaining 404 Moroccan POWs held by the Polisario Front in Algeria.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/8005.htm (5838 words)

	Morocco, Algeria agree to set up security cooperation task group
		The group will be charged of establishing efficient security coordination mechanisms, especially in fighting terrorism, illegal immigration and all forms of trafficking.
		An effective activation of the Maghreb Union, mustering Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania and Libya, is marred by Algeria's support to the Polisario separatist movement which claims secession of Morocco's southern provinces, known as the Sahara.
		This former Spanish colony was retrieved by Morocco in 1975 under the Madrid tripartite accords.
	www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Daily/Day/040722/2004072217.html (662 words)

	Algerian Home Minister in Morocco
		Algerian home minister, Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni, arrived in Rabat this Friday morning on a work visit at the invitation of his Moroccan peer, Driss Jettou.
		In a statement to reporters upon arrival in Rabat, the Algerian official expressed hope that his visit would contribute to "the development of bilateral relations in the frame of the respect of the concerns of all Maghrebans."
		Driss Jettou had then visited Algeria to convey a message from King Mohammed VI to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, condoling the Algerian people following the floods that hit the country and to ponder with his Algerian peer on means of reactivating bilateral cooperation to enhance it to the two states' expectations.
	www.arabicnews.com /ansub/Daily/Day/020315/2002031531.html (450 words)

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