A hayk, or coarse garment
Kabeheira Kabeera A head man or a powerful
Ahoren ---- Barley meal roasted
Ara ---- A goat
Ana ---- A sheep
Tagarer ---- A place of justice

Benehoare, the name of the natives of Palma.

Beni Hoarie, a tribe of Arabs in Suse between Agadeer and
Terodant.[217]

[Footnote 217: For further particulars, see Glasse's History of
the Canary Islands, 4to. page 174.]

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TITLES
OF
THE EMPEROR OF MAROCCO,
STYLE OF ADDRESSING HIM,
AND
SPECIMENS OF EPISTOLARY CORRESPONDENCE.

* * * * *

_THE TITLES OF THE EMPEROR_
ARE

Servant of God.

Commander, Captain, or Leader of the (Mumeneen) _Faithful_ [i.e. in
Muhamed], _upheld by the Grace of God_.

_Prince of Hassenee_. Ever supported by God.

_Sultan of Fas, of Maroksh_ [Marocco], _of Suse, and of Draha, and
of Tafilelt and Tuat, together with all the kabyles_ [tribes] _of
the West, and of the Berebbers of Atlas, &c._

The Sultan calls his soldiers (_ketteffee_) "my shoulders or
support, or strength;" his subjects he calls his sons (_woledee_),
and himself the father of his people.

N.B. The Hejra, or Muhamedan aera began A.D. 622. The Muhamedan
years are lunar, 33 of which are about 32 solar years.

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THE STYLE
USED BY MUSELMEN,
_IN ADDRESSING THE EMPEROR,_
IS AS FOLLOWS:

"Sultan of exalted dignity, whom God preserve. May the Almighty
protect that royal purity, and bestow happiness, increase of
wealth, and prosperity on the nation of believers [i.e. in
Muhamed], whose welfare and power is attributed entirely to the
favour and benevolence of the Exalted God."

The Sultan is head of the ecclesiastical, military, and civil law,
and is universally considered by his subjects God's Vicegerent, or
Lieutenant on Earth. All letters written to his Imperial Majesty,
are begun with the praise of God, an