Of A L G I E R s in general. f 



upon the northern Skirts of the Sahara. Some of the Villages 

 indeed of Zaal^, and others ' likewife, that have a more diltant 

 Situation from the Capital^ pay regularly their annual Taxes, or 

 at lealt give fome Tokens of Submiffion to the Turks : but the 

 other Communities are independent ; and the Bedoween \ i^y ^v.? ] 

 Arabs of thefe Parts, the Nomades ' or Scenitte ' as they were 

 antiently called, are feldom to be brought under Contribution ; 

 taking always a particular Care to be upon their Guard, or at a 

 Diftance, when the Turkijh Armies are abroad. 



This Part of the Country, and indeed the whole Tradl of J^/^^^l''!^^ 

 Land that lyes betwixt the Atlantic Ocean and Egypt, is by ^""y <^"»»t'y- 

 moft of the modern Geographers called Biledulgerid, a Name 

 they feem to have borrowed from the Blaid al Jeridde [ c^^> 

 o•t^:T•^] of the Ar uhlans, who thereby fignifie. The Dry Country : 

 though, if we except the Jeridde, a fmall Portion of it, that 

 is fituated on this Side the lefler Syrtis, and belongs to the Tu- 

 nifeens; all the reft of it is known by no other general Name 

 than the Sahara, or \}j^'^ ] Sah-ra ; amongft thofe Arabs at 

 leaft, whom I have converfed with. 



The Epitomizer oi Edri/i, the iVi^^i^;/ Geographer* z<=, hQ'rhe Provimei 

 is commonly called, places both the Cities and Villages ofdoml" '"^ 

 this Part oiBarbary, and thofe of the moreWeftern andEaftern 

 Diftrids of it, in his Third Climate, without any particular Di- 

 vifioninto either Kingdoms or Provinces. But Abulfeda', be- 

 fides giving us in Ttolemy?, Method, the Longitudes and Lati- 

 tudes of the moft confiderable Cities, is more full and diftindt 

 in his general Divifion ; and that Part of this Country I am now 

 treating of, will take in the whole of what he calls al Mag-reb 

 al-Awfat [^-•bJi o>iJ\] and a Portion likewife of both his 

 alMagreb al Ackja \_^*^i':^\ o>i4.)\] and [ 5.>>v^»\ ] Afrikeah. Gra- 

 maye\ and the more modern Geographers^, divide this King- 



I Teucarte \ i^oXQMchsLh ArgcU ^\^zns,HuergU 2.00 : utrumq; fubjugavkS^/^ impcrato tribuco 

 huic 30, illi quindecim Nigrorum annuatim. Granuye Africa illuftrata 1. i.e. 2(5. 2 Exc.p.2^. 

 Cap. 2(5. P-3I. A.B. 3 6VfHifiC -vagi-i tabernaculis [&5T«)ivwx] cognominati, qux ciliciis me- 

 tan:ur,ubi libuit.F/i«.l.d.c.28. 5o/m.c.33. 4 Geograpbia Nubieufis &c.(rive Liber Relaxationis 

 animi curiofi) recensex ArabicoinLatinum verla k Gabriele Sionita &c. Paris. i6ip. ^ AlMa- 

 greb c->jk*.\\ liveRegioyf/ritieoccidentalis.trifariani dividitur. i. parsoccidentaliorappcllatur 

 Ahiiagreb alAckfa j_jJ«»;n5\ (^^i^W i.e. ulterior & rcmotior & incipit i litore maris Almohit 

 i.e. Atlanttci pergerido ad Telemfun ab occafu in ortum &c. pars lecunda dicitur alMagreb al 

 Awfat ku*«;N)\ c_^i*3\ i. e. media & inicium fumit ab orientali latere rtn Wabaran, quae ^ 

 Teletnfan unius diei itinere diftat & extcnditur ulquc ad ultimos fines Regni Bejiaiah orientem 

 verfus. Pars tenia, eaq; orientalior vocatur Afr'tkeab s-aaj^s^, & extenditur ad Barka, ufq; ad 

 limitcs Provinciarum Jhlefr. yilitilf. Geogr. ex Tradud. V.Cl. J. Gagnier. 6 Regnum Alge- 

 rienfe dividitur in Provinciam Gez-e'irammi, Bujeianam, Gigellanam, Conftanthu, &c Buna k parte 

 orientali, in occidentali in Sargeleufem, Tenezenfem, Partus magni, Harfgoitam- Gram. Afrk. 

 illuftr. L.7- c. ir & 16. 7 Nous le divireron=. en cinque parties, done celle 6! Alger fcra le 



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