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Waalo ( Wolof: Waalo) was a kingdom on the lower Senegal River in West Africa, in what is now Senegal and Mauritania. It included parts of the valley proper and areas north and south, extending to the Atlantic Ocean. To the north were Moorish emirates; to the south was the kingdom of Cayor; to the east was Jolof .
Du royaume de Siam. Du royaume de Siam, translated into English as A New Historical Relation of the Kingdom of Siam, is a travel record of a French diplomatic mission to Siam written by Simon de la Loubère and published in 1691. It extensively describes the Ayutthaya Kingdom at the end of reign of King Narai in 1687, and is among the most ...
Hassan II ( Arabic: الحسن الثاني, romanized : al-Ḥasan aṯ-ṯhānī; 9 July 1929 – 23 July 1999) was King of Morocco from 1961 until his death in 1999. He was a member of the 'Alawi dynasty, [1] [2] the eldest son of Sultan Mohammed V, and his second wife, Lalla Abla bint Tahar. [2] He was the first commander-in-chief of the ...
The Banu Ifran ( Arabic: بنو يفرن, Banu Yafran) or Ifranids, [1] were a Zenata Berber tribe prominent in the history of pre-Islamic and early Islamic North Africa. In the 8th century, they established a kingdom in the central Maghreb, with Tlemcen as its capital. Prior to the 8th century, the Banu Ifran resisted or revolted against ...
Boujdour (or Bujdur, Bojador, Arabic: بوجدور) is a city in the disputed territory of Western Sahara, near Cape Bojador. It is de facto administered by Morocco, which includes it in the administrative division of the Southern Provinces . It is an urban municipality in Boujdour Province, in the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region.
Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra (Arabic: العيون - الساقية الحمراء, romanized: al-ʿuyūn as-sāqiya l-ḥamrāʾ) is one of the twelve regions of Morocco.It is mainly located in the disputed territory of Western Sahara: the western part of the region is administered by Morocco and the eastern part by the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
Moulay Idriss, Moulay Driss Zerhoun or simply Zerhoun ( Arabic: مولاي إدريس زرهون) is a town in the Fès-Meknès region of northern Morocco, spread over two hills at the base of Mount Zerhoun. [2] It is famous for being the site of the tomb of Idris I, the first major Islamic ruler of Morocco, after whom the town is named.
Tétouan ( Arabic: تطوان, romanized : tiṭwān, [titwaːn] ), is a city in northern Morocco. It lies along the Martil Valley and is one of the two major ports of Morocco on the Mediterranean Sea, a few miles south of the Strait of Gibraltar, and about 60 kilometres (37 mi) E.S.E. of Tangier. In the 2014 Moroccan census, the city recorded ...