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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 766 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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RABAT (Ribat)

RABAT (Ribat) , a See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city on the See also:

ATLANTIC

Atlantic See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of See also:

MOROCCO

Morocco, in 340 3' N., 6° 46' W., 130 M. S. of Cape Spartel, on the See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

side and at the mouth of the Bu Ragrag, which separates it from See also:

SALLI (Sla)

Salli on the See also:

NORTHERN

northern See also:

BANK

bank. It is a commercial See also:

TOWN

town of about 26,000 to 30,000 inhabitants, occupying a rocky See also:

plateau and surrounded by massive but dilapidated walls, strengthened by three forts on the seaward side. To the See also:

south of the town stands a See also:

MODERN

modern See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, defended by See also:

earth-See also:

WORKS

works and See also:

KRUPP, ALFRED (1812—1887)

Krupp guns. The conspicuous feature in the view. from the ocean is the Borj el See also:

HASAN

Hasan, an unfinished square-built See also:

TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower, 145 ft. high, built on an See also:

ELEVATION

elevation about 65 ft. above the See also:

sea to the See also:

west of the walled town. At one See also:

time the Bu Ragrag afforded a much better See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour than it does now; the roadstead is quite unprotected, and there is a dangerous See also:

bar at the mouth of the See also:

RIVER

river, which hampers the See also:

SHIPPING

shipping, and makes the growth of See also:

trade slow. The See also:

DEPTH

depth of See also:

WATER

water over the bar varies from 7 to 12 ft. Rabat trades with See also:

FEZ (Fes)

Fez and the interior of Morocco, with the neighbouring coast towns and See also:

GIBRALTAR

Gibraltar, and with See also:

MARSEILLES

Marseilles, See also:

Manchester and See also:

LONDON

London, and is the greatest See also:

INDUSTRIAL

industrial centre in Morocco. Rabat was founded by See also:

YAK

Yak'ub el Mansur in 1184, but Salli was then already an See also:

ancient city, and on the scarped hills to the west of Rabat stand the ruins of See also:

SALA, GEORGE AUGUSTUS HENRY (1828-1895)

Sala, a See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony, known as Shella. It contains a See also:

MAUSOLEUM

mausoleum of the Beni Marin See also:

DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

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