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. Iman of Hyemen.-^'S succeeded in 1815 to Tamy, chief of the tribe 



of Asir; made prisoner by the Arab Hasan, son of Khaled, ally of the pach» 

 Mohammed Ali, and put to death at Constantinople in 1819. The Iman of 

 Hyemen resides at Sanaa. 



Kinff ofSeiiaar — Bady VII. son of Tahl, 29th king of the race of Foundjis, 

 a tribe that took its departure from the interior of Africa, and which went and 

 established itself at Senaar, towards the end of the 15th century. In June 1821j, 

 Ismael, son of the pacha of Egypt, obliged them to recognize the supremacy of 

 the Sultan Mahmoud. 



Empire of Morocco, in the north-west of Africa ; its surface is 130,000 square 

 miles, and the number of its inhabitants is esteemed at 4,500,000. 



Mouley-Abh-Errahman, sultan, eldest son of Mouley Hescham, son of Sidj 

 Mohammed, succeeded to his uncle Mouley Souleman the 28th November 1822, 



Kingdom of Abyssinia has an extent of 130,000 square miles, with 1,500,000 

 inhabitants. Ista Guarlow, successor to Ayti Egwala Sion, of the dynasty of Solo., 

 mon, which has reigned without interruption from 1268, resides at Gondar. He en- 

 joys much consideration, but has no power, and possesses no revenue but what the 

 independent governors of the provinces will allow him. These governors are Selassy, 

 the most powerful of aU, successor to Wassen Segued, cheif or Murd-Asimadd of 

 Sehon and of Efat, who has taken the title of king ; Scham Temben Guebr Mi- 

 chael, chief of Tigre, successor of Ras WeUed Selassy ; Gukho, successor to Fa- 



sil, chief of Amhara, (Gojam ; N , son and successor of Helle Mariam, 



governor of Samen, upland of Abyssinia. 



The Gallas have for a long time invaded the southern part of the country ; the 

 most powerful tribe is that of Edehon, commanded by the Liban and by Godji. 



Iman of Mascate — The states of this prince are situated in the eastern part of 

 Arabia, and comprise the country which is ordinarily called the kingdom of 

 Oman. Its possessions have an extent of about 500 English miles along the 

 coast ; the capital is Mascate. The number of inhabitants does not probably 

 exceed more than 2,000,000. The annual revenue of the Iman is about 2,500,000 

 francs. Seid-Said succeeded to his father Seid-Sultan, about the year 1864. He 

 is the third descendant of Ahmed, son of Said, founder of that power. 



Persia, 350,000 square miles, 9,000,000 inhabitants, and a revenue of 

 80,000,000 francs. 



Feth-Ali-Schah, of the Turkish tribe of Kadjars, named Baba-Khan previous 

 to his ascending the throne, son of Houssaien Kouly-Khan, bom in 1768, suc- 

 ceeded in 1796 to his uncle Agha-Mohammed-Khan, founder of the dynasty. 

 Abbas-Mirza, presumptive heir to the crown, was born in 1785. 



Afghanistan, between Persia and India, 172,000 square miles, 6,588,000 in- 

 habitants, and 45,000,000 francs of revenue. 



The crown is hereditary in the branch of the family of the Saddouzi, which 

 descends from Ahmed-Scah-Abdalli ; the royal title is Schahi-devri de vian. 

 The monarch Ghasnevide SebectegMn submitted the country in 997 ; Babour 

 conquered Ghazna and Caboul in 1506; the Afghans conquered Persia in 1720; 

 and were submitted in 1737. Ahmed-Schah-Abdalli was crowned at Candahar 

 in 1747. His son Timour-Schah reigned from 1773 to 1793 ; Zeman-Schah to 

 1800, when he was dethroned by his brother Mahmoud, who, three years after- 

 wards, was driven out hy his brother Schoudjah, who in turn was expelled by 

 Mahmoud in 1809. During these disorders Rundjet-Singh, sovereign of Labor, 

 conquered Cachemir and Peschawer, when the son of Yar-Mohammed-Khan, the 

 third brother, reigned under his tutorship: in 1826, Mahmoud took his depar- 

 ture fiom Candahar, and re-united his troops to those of Feth-Ali-Schah, whilst 

 Schoudjah was a fugitive in English India : the emirs of Sinde have obtained 

 possession of a part of the country, 



Beloutchistan, to the south of the country of the Afghans, contains about 

 3,000,000 of inhabitants. 



Mahmoud-Khan, about 47 years of age, succeeded to his father Nasir-Khan 



