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See also:MARRAKESH (erroneously See also:MOROCCO or MAROCCO See also:CITY) , one of the quasi-capitals of the sultanate of Morocco, See also:Fez and See also:Mequinez being the other two. It lies in a spacious See also:plain—Blad el Hamra, " The Red "—about 15 M. from the See also:northern underfalls of the See also:Atlas, and 96 m. E.S.E. of See also:Saffi, at a height variously estimated at 1639 ft. (See also:- HOOKER, JOSEPH (1814–1879)
- HOOKER, RICHARD (1553-1600)
- HOOKER, SIR JOSEPH DALTON (1817— English botanist and traveller, second son of the famous botanist Sir W.J.Hooker, was born on the 3oth of June 1817, at Halesworth, Suffolk. He was educated at Glasgow University, and almost immediately after taking his M.
- HOOKER, SIR WILLIAM JACKSON (1785–1865)
- HOOKER, THOMAS (1586–1647)
Hooker and See also:Ball) and 1410 ft. (Beaumier). Ranking during the See also:early centuries of its existence as one of the greatest cities of See also:Islam, Marrakesh has See also:long been in a See also:state of grievous decay, but it is rendered attractive by the exceptional beauty of its situation, the luxuriant groves and gardens by which it is encompassed and interspersed, and the magnificent outlook which it enjoys towards the mountains. The See also:wall, 25 or 30 ft. high, and relieved at intervals of 36o ft. by square towers, is so dilapidated that See also:foot-passengers, and in places even horsemen, can find their way through the breaches. Open spaces of See also:great extent are numerous within the walls, but for the most See also:part they are defaced by mounds of rubbish and putrid refuse. With the exception of the See also:tower of the Kutubia See also:Mosque and a certain archway which was brought in pieces from See also:Spain, there is not, it is asserted, a single See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone See also:building in the city; and even bricks (although the See also:local manufacture is of excellent quality) are sparingly employed. Tabiya or rammed See also:concrete of red See also:earth and stone is the almost universal building material, and the houses are consequently seldom more than two storeys in height. The See also:palace of the See also:sultan covers an extensive See also:area, and beyond it See also:lie the imperial parks of Agudal, the inner one reserved for the sultan's exclusive use. The tower of the Kutubia is a memorial of the constructive See also:genius of the early See also:Moors; both it and the similar See also:Hasan tower at See also:Rabat are after the type of the contemporary Giralda at See also:Seville, and if tradition may be trusted, all three were designed by the same architect, Jabir. The mosque to which the tower belongs is a large See also:brick building erected by 'Abd el Mumin; the interior is adorned with See also:marble pillars, and the whole of the See also:crypt is occupied by a vast cistern excavated by See also:Yakut:, el Mansur. Other mosques of some See also:note are those of See also:Ibn Yusef, El Mansur and El Mo'izz; the See also:chapel of Sidi See also:Bel Abbas, in the extreme See also:north of the city, possesses See also:property of great value, and serves as an See also:almshouse and See also:asylum. There is a See also:special See also:Jews' See also:quarter walled off from the See also:rest. The See also:general See also:population is of a very mixed and turbulent See also:kind; crimes of violence are See also:common, and there are many professional thieves. The See also:murder of a Frenchman, Dr Mauchamp, in See also:March 1907, by the See also:rabble of Marrakesh was the immediate cause of the occupation of Udja by See also:France (see MOROCCO: See also:History). , Almost the only manufacture extensively prosecuted is that of Morocco See also:leather, mainly red and yellow, about 1,500 men being employed as tanners and shoemakers. Scottish missionaries and a few See also:European traders have become established here. The city was founded in 1062 by Yusef See also:bin Tashfin. Before it was a See also:hundred years old it is said to have had 700,000 inhabitants, but the population in 1906 probably did not exceed 50,000 to 6o,000.
See See also:Leo See also:Africanus, and See also:Paul See also:Lambert's detailed description in See also:Notice sur la Mlle de Maroc (See also:Paris, 1868). Lambert's See also:plan of Marrakesh is reproduced with some additions by Dr A. Leared, and another may be found in Gatell.
End of Article: MARRAKESH (erroneously MOROCCO or MAROCCO CITY)
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