INDEX

Abd el Melak, 54, 55, 61

Abderahman, Abd es Sadiq, 40-3, 46, 53-55, 64

Abd es Salaam, 11, 80, 207, 288, 291, 334

Abdul Aziz, 51, 53, 55, 58, 63-4, 66, 69, 77, 79, 82-3, 88, 90, 103, 112, 181, 254

Abdul Melek, agent of Germany, 201, 253

Aeroplanes, Spanish, 15, 278, 286, 293-4, 305; Arab description of, 122, 278, 329

Ain el Yerida, 5, 10, 117, 139, 164, 186, 209, 222; Spanish troops welcomed to, 244, 278; capture of, 293-4

Alfau, first Spanish High Commissioner, 176, 184, 186, 189, 192

Algeciras, Pact of, 72

Alim, word defined, 18; used, 3, 30, 47, 239

Al Alkali, 203; murder of, 145, 209-13, 276

Al Kasr, 55, 96, 102, 109-10, 127, 130-2, 151, 180-2

Anjera, 36, 58, 92-94-5, 115, 117, 140-3, 168, 190, 192, 205, 209, 244-6, 270, 281, 283, 293, 296

Arab, biography, 23; hospitality, see Guests, imagination, 113, ingenuousness; love for a gun, 43, 115, 129; regard for sons, 176; resignation, 47; saddle, 14

Arbi, Haj el, 42-3, 223, 224, 228

Ashraf, plural of Sherif, 85, 339

Azeila, 71, 72, 96, 99-101, 104, 115-6, 124, 130-3, 139, 143-4, 152, 160, 165, 168, 253, 279, 293, 296

Badr ed Din, escort from el Raisuli, 12-21; shared in conversations, 24, 50, 104, 106, 113, 117, 123, 124, 187, 203, 239-41, 257, 290-2, 316, 325, 342, 344

“Baraka,” a special blessing, 25, 27, 32, 35, 44, 69, 74, 79, 80, 84, 112, 119, 141, 170, 196, 219, 238, 242, 280, 293, 312, 345

Barera, a Spanish colonel, 174, 215, 267, 269, 273, 283-4, 293, 300, 301, 326, 329

Beni Aros, 14, 25, 36, 47, 61-2, 71, 95, 109, 148-50, 161-3, 173, 179, 204-7, 218, 271, 288, 292, 334, 345

Beni Kholot, 107, 147

Beni Mesauer, 36-8, 54, 70, 73, 75, 92, 94-5, 139-40, 150, 161, 173, 186, 202, 204, 211, 218, 223, 235, 296

Ben Karrish, 5, 186, 188, 192, 277

Berenguer, Spanish High Commissioner, appointed, 266; letter of el Raisuli to, 267-72; confiscated el Raisuli’s property; methods in fighting, 279, 299, 302, 326, 329; return to Madrid, 332

Biut, taken by Spaniards, 246-7

Blindness, penalty for disobedience, 29; supposed, of el Kherba, 259

Burguete, Spanish High Commissioner, succeeding Berenguer, 332, 335

Casablanca, 71, 84, 98, 136

Cerdeira, Spanish representative, 11, 202, 210, 215, 225, 226-8, 324, 326, 332-3

Ceuta, 189, 226, 246-7, 263, 276, 281, 294

Charbonier, Monsieur, 70

Charms, carried by el Raisuli, 35; Arab belief in, 316

Christians, assaulted and robbed, 71; burned in Xauen; called Nasrani, q.v.; hated by Moslems, 15, 93, 114, 122, 137, 162, 194, 207, 266, 285, see Jehad; protected by el Raisuli, 59-60

Confession to a corpse, 113-4

Corps Diplomatique, 72

Cruelty, stories of el Raisuli’s, 105-119, 152, 274-5

Daughters a misfortune, 239-40

Deafa, word defined, 39; used, 43, 123

Dowries, 36, 234

Dris er Riffi, enemy of el Raisuli, 166, 168, 171, 180, 189, 192, 195, 200, 203, 213-4, 216, 327; methods of, with tribesmen, 205-6, 299, 310, 330; released from prison, 276; made Governor of Riff, 332

Eagle of Zinat, title for el Raisuli, 41

Eloquence, admired by Arabs, 39, 57, 293; el Raisuli’s practice in, 30-1; power of, 34, 38-9

Ermiki, 96, 102-4, 181-2

Europeans, relations of el Raisuli with, 58-61, 69-70, 72, 93, 99, 110, 162, 272; see also, France, Germany, Great Britain, Spain

Evil eye, belief in, 317

Fabre, Father, 136-7

Faqih, word defined, 32; used, 35, 45, 53, 157, 172

Farewell, of author to el Raisuli, 341-4

Fasting, 20, 241, 248, 315

Fatalism, of el Raisuli, 34, 84, 157-8, 199, 225, 306

Fatha, word defined, 49; used, 50, 111, 205, 216

Fez, city of, 77-9, 84, 85, 94, 95, 129, 133, rebellion in, 136-7

Fondak, see Ain el Yerida

France, relations of, with el Raisuli, 72, 98, 109, 115-6, 125, 129, 133, 139, 144, 195, 204, 211; with Mulai el Mehdi, 176; with Mulai Hafid, 92-4, 136; future policy of, 273

Germany, Minister of, 72, 189, 201; policy of, 190, 204, 251, 253

Ghabah, attendant of el Raisuli, 22, 95, 103, 117, 197, 225, 297, 298, 317, 330, 341

Great Britain, relations of, with el Raisuli, 17, 20, 86-9, 91

el Guebbas, 79-81, 118, 129, 133

Guests, Arab treatment of, 39, 43, 86-8, 93, 103, 107, 124, 146, 169-70, 185, 240, 253, 279

Hamed ben Malek, 109-10

Harem, slaves of, 22; visited by author, 231-41

Harka, word defined; used, 219

Harris, Walter, author of “Morocco as It Was,” 57-61, 88

Heads of enemies cut off, 34, 36, 42, 60, 69, 123-4, 142, 213, 226, 246, 258, 283, 301

High Commissioner of Spain, see Alfau, Marina, Jordana, Berenguer, Burguete

“House of Tears,” name for el Raisuli’s palace, 99, 105

Holy War, see Jehad

Imam, word defined, 42; used, 248, 255

Islam, betrayed, 137; endures beyond sects, 190; images forbidden by, 291; law of, 259, 286; once invincible, 158; el Raisuli champion of, 56, 108, 289; suited to Morocco, 68; war cry of, 243

Jebel Alan, 11, 17, 125, 287, 288, 293

Jebel Habib, 61, 193, 197, 202, 204-5, 208, 221-2, 268

Jebel Hashim, 11, 117

Jehad (Holy War), attitude of el Raisuli toward, 137, 215, 289; danger of, 150; proclaimed, 289

Jellaba, word defined, 11; used, 12, 14, 16, 25, 31, 35, 36, 38, 44, 54, 67, 83, 103, 170, 205, 228, 241, 242, 243, 249, 288, 337

Jews in Morocco, 7, 9, 111-2

Jinns, theory of, in Koran, 313

Jordana, General, Spanish High Commissioner, appointed, 215; conference with el Raisuli, 227-9; character and policy, 220-1, 250, 252-4, 262-5; death, 265

Khadija, young wife of el Raisuli, 237, 343

Kharaji, Mohamed el, 168-70, 254, 256-8, 286, 328

el Kherba, 255, 256-8, supposed blindness of, 259

Khotot, Peace of, 217, 262-3, 268

Larache, 108-9, 113, 133, 143, 145, 158, 176, 208, 210, 266, 283, 293, 302

Lentisco, captured by el Mudden, 307-8

Maclean, Sir Henry, 77-82, 85-9, 110

Maghsen, word defined, 34; used, 37, 39-41, 49, 50, 53, 58-9, 61, 73, 75, 77, 89, 96, 121-2, 148, 162, 208, 217, 334, 336

Mannismann “evil genius of North Africa,” 9, 313

Marina, Spanish High Commissioner, 193-4, 202, 206-7, 209-10, 213, 214

Melilla, 5, 251, 299

Menebbhe, Minister of Sultan, 202

Menebbhe, Kaid Meshwar ed, escort from el Raisuli, 12, 14, 17, 20; joined in conversation, 51, 88, 91, 143, 186, 279, 289, 291, 297, 311, 312

Merkadi, Haj el, treachery of, 277-8

Mesqueen, word defined, 117, 155; used, 177

Mint, fondness of el Raisuli for, 8, 57

Miraculous powers, attributed to el Raisuli, 39, 83, 197, 199, 203, 312

Mogador prison, 43, 51, 79

Mohamed el Khalid, son of el Raisuli, 8, 12, 17-8, 166, 239, 241, 291, 299, 315

Mohamed el Kharaji, see Kharaji

Money, el Raisuli’s estimate of, 32, 64

Morocco, a veiled country, 4; influenced by el Raisuli, 10, future of, 337

“Morocco as It Was,” by Walter Harris, 58, 60

Mubarak, attendant of el Raisuli, 22, 26, 29, 94, 103, 197, 225, 298, 316, 330, 342

el Mudden, 261; Lentisco captured by, 307; schemes of, 310-11; miraculous powers attributed to, 318

Mulai Abdul Aziz, see Abdul Aziz

Mulai Ahmed, name of el Raisuli, 25, 88

Mulai Ali, nephew of el Raisuli, 301-2, 322-5, 334-5

Mulai el Mehdi, 144, 147, 165, 176, 253, 276, 334, 340

Mulai Hafid, 66, 90-6, 104, 111, 125, 254; relations with France, 92-4, 136-7

Mulai Hassan, 37, 39-40, 51, 66, 294

Mulai Jusef, present Sultan, 139, 194

Mulai Mustapha, nephew of el Raisuli, 296, 334

Mulai Sadiq, cousin of el Raisuli, 3, 10, 14, 17-8, 21, 24, 82, 84-6, 95-7, 102, 141, 143, 147, 203, 239-41, 267, 313-4, 316, 320, 339, 341, 344-5

Musa ben Hamed, 123-4

Nasrani, name for Christian, 162, 190, 338-9

Oak tree, legend of, 287

Oleanders, 5, 11, 33, 162

Peace, efforts of el Raisuli for, 190-1, 203-4, 209, 216; first treaty of, 217, 250; second treaty of, 326, 332-3

Perdicaris, 62-5

Poison gas, 286

Pretender, Moorish, 17, 91

Prisoners, el Raisuli’s treatment of, 61, 63, 89, 105-6, 152-4, 156, 159

Questa Colorada, 210-3

Ramadan, customs of, 22, 248-50

el Raisuli, full name, 25; ancestry, 25-8; first references to, 3-10; appearance, 18-9; habits, 22-4; conversational methods, 20, 23-5, 38, see eloquence; boyhood, 26-32; first fighting, 33-4; imprisonment, 43-8; vengeance, 51-2; a potentate, 55-6; relations with Walter Harris, 58-61, with Perdicaris, 62-5, with Sir Henry Maclean, 77-89; Governor of Tangier; palace at Azeila, 99-101; relations with Spain, see Spain in Morocco; belief that life is charmed, see “Baraka”; proclaimed Sultan of the Mountains, 194, of the Jehad, 290; children, 236; wives, 237; reverenced by people, 69, 83, 106, 180, 197, 203, 243; farewell to author, 345

Ransom for Maclean, 87-8, 91-2

Rebellion in Fez, 136-7

Roosevelt, Theodore, 63

Rueda, Spanish captain, 202

Sanjurjo, Spanish general, 329

Silvestre, Spanish commander, early days in Morocco, 112-8; complained to by tribesmen, 121-4, 149; relations of, with his Government, 124-30; increasing friction with el Raisuli, 130-148; break with him, 152-8; resignation of, 214; return to Morocco, 276, 286, 293; suicide, 325; unsuited to Morocco, 114, 157, 168

Slaves, of el Raisuli’s household, 22, 108, 231; price of in Morocco, 237

Sota, Spanish officer, 212-3

Spain in Morocco, represented by Silvestre and Zugasti, q.v.; 108-20; strained relations, 120-34; war, 158-65; 183 ff.; treaty of peace, 215-7; fighting in alliance with el Raisuli, 244-52; effect of death of Jordana, 265-72; war again, 273-90, 293-306, 325-31; second peace agreement, 333-4; present policy, 335; el Raisuli’s summary of relations with, 337-40

Spanish aeroplanes, 15, 278, 286, 293-4, 305; commander, see Silvestre; consul, see Zugasti; High Commissioner, see Alfau, Marina, Jordana, Berenguer, Burguete; occupation of house of el Raisuli, 16, 328; politics, described by el Raisuli, 138; newspapers, 163, 193; troops, landed in Al Kasr, 110, welcomed to Ain Yerida, 244; woman rescued by el Raisuli, 266

Sultan of Morocco, 17, 61-3, 69-70, 72, 77-8, 85, 88, 136, 146, 159

Sultan of the Mountains, el Raisuli proclaimed, 194

Tagzat, burning of, 219-20

Tangier, 40, 43, 51, 53-5, 61-3, 66-7, 69, 72, 76-7, 88, 90, 94, 120-1, 138, 144, 148, 160, 163-4, 173, 179, 192-3, 203, 252-3, 296, 309

Tazrut, 3, 4, 10-1, 15, 117, 168, 191, 197, 209, 218, 287, 295, 305

el Teledi, 85, 329, 331

Telephone in Morocco, 4, 132-3, 244, 320

Tetuan, 3, 55, 86, 115, 138, 164, 176, 184, 188, 191, 209, 221, 240, 254, 263, 270-1, 281, 294, 296, 320

Turkey, not popular in Morocco, 190

Ulema, word defined, 18, 194; used, 77, 280, 288-9, 329, 331, 338

Villalba, Marquis of, successor of Silvestre, 215, 221, 223

Villasinda, Marquis of, 174

Wadi Ras, 10, 35-6, 94-5, 117, 123, 161, 173, 186, 211, 222-3, 283-5

Wakil, word defined, 88; used, 100, 205

Warfare, Arab methods of, 183, 247, 281-4, 302-3, 311-2

Wazzan, 120-1

Wedding customs in Morocco, 234-5, 257

Woman appealed for vengeance, 33-4

Women, in el Raisuli’s house, 16, 101, 157, 160-1, 220, 231; Arabs avenge death of, 162-3; Arab estimate of, 241; bravery of, 224, 246, 304-5

World War, 193, 204, 252, 263, 272

Xauen, 6-7, 84-5, 186, 240, 271, 296, 299, 302, 326

Zawia, in el Raisuli’s house, 16, 18, 22, 24, 243, 313, 321, 328, 330; author admitted to, 342

Zellal, 10, 75, 77, 161, 182, 202, 208, 211, 235, 253, 254, 292, 326

Zinat, 29, 32-3, 72, 76-7, 140, 150, 168, 175-6, 191, 203, 209, 295

Zugasti, Spanish Consul at Larache, 108, 115, 134, 147, 174; friendship with el Raisuli, 108-11, 149, 216, 271; represented Spain in conferences, with el Raisuli, 193-4, 202, 217-10, 215, 217, 324, 332-3