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ZARHON

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 960 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ZARHON  , a

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mountain in
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Morocco, 91 M . N. of
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Mequinez, on whose hillside is the
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town Mulai Idris Zarh6n, so called after Mulai Idrfs I., the founder of the Moorish
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empire, who was buried there in A.D . 791 . The whole town is considered as a
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sanctuary, pays no taxes, provides no soldiers and is never visited
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save by Mahommedans . _ Near the town are the ruins of Volubilis—Kasar Fara'on or
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Pharaoh's
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Castle, once the
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Roman
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capital, and the first
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home of Idris .

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