S82 TITLES OF THE EMPEROR OF MAROCCO, STYLE OF ADDRESSING HIM, AND SPECIMENS OF EPISTOLARY CORRESPONDENCE.

THE TITLES OF THE EMPEROR ARK Servant ofGod. Commander Captain or Leader of the (Mumeneen) FaitJful [i. e. in Muhamed], upheld by the Grace of God, Prince of Hassenee, Ever supported hy God.

Sultan ofFas, ofMaroksh [Marocco], ofSuse, and ofDraha, and of Tqfilelt and Tuaty together with all the kabyles [tribes] of the West, and of the Berebhers of Atlas, &c.

The Sultan calls his soldiers (ketteffee) " my shoulders or support, or strength ;" his subjects he calls his sons (woledee), and himself the father of his people.

N. B. The Hejra, or Muhamedan asra began A. D. 622. The Muhamedan years are lunar, 33 of which are about 32 solar years.