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ALKANET (dim. from Span. alcana, Arab. al-See also:henna=henna, See also:Egyptian See also:privet, or Lawsonia inermis)  , a plant, Alkanna or Anchusa tinctoria, of the See also:order See also:Boraginaceae, also known as )rchanct, See also:dyer's bugloss, See also:Spanish bugloss or bugloss of See also:Languedoc, which is grown in the See also:south of See also:France and on the shores of the See also:Levant . Its See also:root yields a See also:fine red colouring See also:matter which has been used to tint tinctures, See also:oils, wines, varnishes, &c . AL KASR AL KEBIR (" the See also:great See also:castle," in Span . ALCAZAR KEBIR, in See also:Port . ALCAcER QUIBIR), a See also:town of See also:Morocco, on the See also:river Lekkus, 8o m . N.W. of See also:Fez . Pop. about xo,000 . Its mud and pantile dwellings are here and there relieved by a See also:mosque See also:tower, but the aspect of the town is far from inviting . It is frequently flooded in See also:winter and in consequence See also:fever is prevalent . The weekly See also:market, held on Sundays in the centre of the town, gives to the See also:place an See also:appearance of bustle . A See also:vice-See also:governor is appointed for the town by the basha of Laraiche, one for the See also:country See also:round by the See also:sultan of Morocco, a See also:condition which causes much confusion on market-days . Al Kasr al Kebir was built, according to See also:Leo See also:Africanus, by Yakub el Mansur (1184-1199) .

Not far from the town, by the See also:

banks of the river Makhazan, is the site of the See also:battle fought in 1578 between Dom See also:Sebastian, See also:king of See also:Portugal, and the See also:Moors under Abd el Malek, in which the Moors were victorious, though both See also:kings perished, as well as the deposed Mahommed XI., who had called in the Portuguese to his aid against Abd el Malek .

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