fo Geographical Ohfervations in the Inland Parts 



that Tkmfan may be an Appellation ' of no longer Handing than 

 the Incurfions of the Arahs. 

 Hiib-bcJ. One Mile to the Eaftvvard of Tlemfan, is the Village QiHuh- 

 hed, reverenced for the Tomb of Sede Bonmaidtan, which the 

 whole Neighbourhood vifit with the greateft Devotion. At 

 Maafourah. the fuTie Diftance, to the Wcftward, is the City Manjourah, 

 which, at prefent, hath neither Houfe nor Inhabitant. The 

 greateft Part of the Wall, built in the lameManner with That of 

 Tlemfan, is ftill remaining. But the enclofed u^rea, of two 

 Miles in Circuit, is above half of It arable Ground; Ahulha- 

 fen\ during His long Siege o^Tlemfan, intending It, as v/e may 

 conie6lure from Thefe Circumftances, rather for a Blockade up- 

 on That City, than a Place to be inhabited. Near the Centre 

 of the Area there is a plentiful Fountain, and a high beautiful 

 Tower : but the Mofque it belonged to, hath undergone the 

 like Fate of the other Buildings, in being entirely pulled down 

 and demoliflied. 

 Tke Ham- Twelvc Mllcs bclow Tlemfan, upon the Banks of the IJfer, 

 dy^EWy.^^'"' we pafs by the Ham-mam of the Mar-ab-hutt Seedy Ehly : near 

 Tibda. which are fome Ruins, probably, of Tibda, taken Notice of 

 The p/zr/w of by the SpaniJIj Hiftorians \ The Plains oiZeidoure begin at the 

 zci oinc. ]g\;y-^ J^l-^cl extend Themfelves, through a beautiful Interchange 

 of Hills and Valleys, to the Wedel Ma'ilah, at thirty Miles Di- 

 Itance. This delightful Diftrift, watered by a Number of Springs 

 Welled Zci- and Rivulets, is cultivated by the Welled Ze'ire and Haifa, two 

 te'lIdu-''' numerous Clans of Arabs, fome of the SuccefTors, as we may 

 lilA.^""''''' take Them to be, of the antient Teladufii. 

 shurph' el About the Middle of thefe Plains, is The \_Shtirph el graab 

 ^'^"^ ■ ol^-J^ ^»/-] Tmnacle of the Ra-vens, a high pointed Precipice, 

 sinan. with a Btaiich of the Sinan running below It. Upon the N.E. 

 Banks of This Rivulet, eight Miles farther, and thirty two to 

 the N. N. E. of Tlemfan, we have the Traces of a large City 

 of the fame Name^. This feems to have been inhabited in the 

 Time of Edrifi, who placeth It two Stations from Tlemfan. 



I Derived perhaps from [ >i.'-J "| Telem, (Sulcus terrx, fpcciaclm fadus femenris ergo ) and 

 r {^.^^ I S.tn (formarej vid Gel. in voce) upon account of the Nature amd Qualitj of the rich ara- 

 ble Ground round about It. vid.Not.4.p.48. 2 Quarcus Rex Fejfa Abulhafen,(\a\ ex marinis ori- 

 ginem traxcrat,in fccundo milliariooccidentem vcrfus oppidum conltruxit Telenfino vicinum. 

 i)cindc r(.'/fwjtH«?jj oblidione triginta mcnfium cinxit &c. y. ico, p.198. -^ Jllf once Marti- 

 nez.— an-iva au Tibde & aux Bams qui portent Je nom dc cette riviere, & qui ibnt a cinq 

 lieucs de Tremecen. -- Tibde cftoit une ville ferniide dc murailles — &c. L'/ifrique de Mar- 

 «;o/.1.5:.c.2.p.34j. 4 Egrediens e rf/ra;/<i» conlicies Itationem unam ad ^«/<iif. AbHacad 

 Cafr [i. e. aies] Senan, ftationem alteram. Geogr. Nub. p.So. 



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