Saadian

It is not only the novelty of its plan that makes the Saadian mausoleum singular among Moroccan monuments.

In Morocco Edith Wharton 1899

The Saadian army, after a march of four and a half months across the

In Morocco Edith Wharton 1899

Saadian dynasty, and almost all the "Moulays" and "Sidis" venerated between Tangier and the Atlas were warrior monks who issued forth from their fortified _Zaouias_ to drive the Christians out of Africa.

In Morocco Edith Wharton 1899

On one of the last days of our stay in Marrakech we were told, almost mysteriously, that permission was to be given us to visit the tombs of the Saadian Sultans.

In Morocco Edith Wharton 1899

The first two Hassanian Sultans were the usual tribal chiefs bent on taking advantage of Saadian misrule to loot and conquer.

In Morocco Edith Wharton 1899

The Saadian Sultan who invaded the Soudan and came back laden with gold and treasure from the great black city of Timbuctoo covered Marrakech with hasty monuments of which hardly a trace survives.

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The walls are, as usual, of chiselled stucco, above revêtements of ceramic mosaic, and between the columns lie the white marble cenotaphs of the Saadian Sultans, covered with Arabic inscriptions in the most delicate low-relief.

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Architecture, Moroccan, four basic conditions of four groups of of the Almohad dynasty of the Cherifian dynasties of the Merinid dynasty the Saadian mausoleum the collegiate building the fortress the mosque the private house

In Morocco Edith Wharton 1899

But in the Saadian mausoleum a new element has been introduced which makes this little monument a thing apart.

In Morocco Edith Wharton 1899

To _bouter dehors_ the money-making unbeliever was an object that found adherents from the Rif to the Sahara, and the Saadian cherifs soon rallied a mighty following to their standard.

In Morocco Edith Wharton 1899