Chapter I: Front Matter

THE SULTAN OF THE MOUNTAINS

THE SULTAN OF THE
MOUNTAINS

THE LIFE STORY OF RAISULI

By
ROSITA FORBES

_Author of_
“THE SECRET OF THE SAHARA: KUFARA”
“QUEST”, ETC.

[Decoration]

NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1924

COPYRIGHT, 1924
BY
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

_Printed March, 1924_

PRINTED IN
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

VAIL-BALLOU PRESS, INC.
BINGHAMTON AND NEW YORK

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. INTO THE DAYS OF HAROUN ER RASHID 3

II. THE WILD LAND OF RAISULI 10

III. RAISULI HIMSELF 19

IV. PRIDE OF RACE 25

V. EARLY PROWESS IN WAR 33

VI. PRISON, TORTURE AND ESCAPE 41

VII. RAISULI’S TWO HOSTAGES 57

VIII. MORE POWER; GOVERNOR OF TANGIER 66

IX. PLOTTING AND COUNTER PLOTTING 75

X. DEALINGS WITH MULAI HAFID 90

XI. BUILDING THE PALACE AT AZEILA 98

XII. LEGENDS OF CRUELTY 105

XIII. STRAINED RELATIONS WITH SPAIN 120

XIV. ALARUMS AND EXCURSIONS 136

XV. WAR WITH SPAIN 152

XVI. ARABIAN ASTUTENESS 168

XVII. RAISULI’S STRATEGY 183

XVIII. PLOTTING FOR PEACE 199

XIX. THE TREATY OF PEACE 215

XX. GOSSIP OF THE HAREM 230

XXI. MORE FIGHTING 244

XXII. JORDANA’S DEATH 261

XXIII. LEADER OF A HOLY WAR 276

XXIV. SIEGE AND RETREAT 291

XXV. POPULAR MYTHS AND SUPERSTITIONS 307

XXVI. PEACE AGAIN WITH SPAIN 323

XXVII. FAREWELL 337

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Raisuli and Rosita Forbes at Tazrut _Frontispiece_

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Map of Spanish Morocco 4

Escort sent by Raisuli to meet Rosita Forbes 10

Powder play by Arabs 10

Snake eater at Suq el Khemis 13

Court of Raisuli’s palace 16

General view of Raisuli’s compound 22

Dinner at Tazrut 22

Rosita Forbes amidst Raisuli’s people 32

A halt on the way to Tazrut 32

Raisuli’s prison in Tazrut 48

Xauen with the ancient castle 48

Entry to Raisuli’s palace 64

Raisuli 80

Mulai Sadiq in his home at Tetuan 96

Nephew of El Raisuli 96

Sacred tree in Raisuli’s palace 112

Raisuli’s original house at Tazrut 128

Raisuli’s present house in Tazrut 128

Mulai Ahmed el Raisuli 144

Raisuli’s house at Tazrut 160

Raisuli’s qubba at Tazrut 160

Mohammed el Khalid 176

Raisuli’s house at the Fondak of Ain Yerida 192

Raisuli’s house—the Zawia—at Tazrut 192

Facsimile of a letter from Raisuli 197

Tazrut 208

Mosque at Tazrut 208

Spanish escort in Beni Aras 234

A Spanish port 234

A view of Tetuan, showing tower of mosque 250

Door of mosque at Tetuan 266

Azeila from the air 282

Gallery of Raisuli’s palace 298

The Sorceress mentioned by Raisuli 314

Gate of Raisuli’s Palace 330