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National Geographic : 1925 Mar
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344 THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE Photograph by Captain Paul Martel A VIEw OF OLD FI;Z TAKEN FROM THE TOMBS OF THE ANCIENT MERINIDE SULTANS To the north of the city are great sections of reddish ruined walls, ancient ramparts built in the twel fth century. To the right is the minaret and square-pointed roof of the mosque venerated throughout all Morocco, the Mulai Idris. To the left the minaret of the Mussulman University of El Kairouine, celebrated throughout North Africa. grounds; and the new French city out- side the walls. The native city is divided, in turn, into Djedid, the upper town, and £1 Bali, the lower, older section. In Djedid are pal- aces and gardens, some abandoned. One of these palaces is now used as a French hotel. El Bali is a labyrinth of dark lanes Ranked by buildings windowless save for barred slits in the upper stories; and crovvded alleys, roofed with reeds and palm branches (see page 345), where merchants sit, cross-legged, in cubby-hole bazaars waist-high above the street, smok- ing hief in long reed pipes. Here are the mosques and the 1/1,fder- sas, or preparatory schools with dormi- tories for students, built over small mosques, higher l\1ohammedan education being received in the large, main mosque. While travelers in 1\lorocco may not
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