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reside occasionally, as well as the Kasbah, which was 
built in later times, in the south-eastern quarter, or 
the " Sane-gungu *, which already at that time was 
inhabited by the merchants from Ghadames f , not a 
trace is to be seen. Besides this quarter, which is 
the wealthiest, and contains the best houses, there 
are six other quarters, viz. Yiibu, the quarter com- 
prising the great market-place (ytibu) and the 
mosque of Sidi Ydhia, to the west of Sane-gungu ; 
and west of the former, forming the south-western 
angle of the town, and called from the great mosque, 
Jmgere-ber or Zdngere-ber. This latter quarter, from 
the most ancient times, seems to have been inhabited 
especially by Mohammedans, and not unlikely may 
have formed a distinct quarter, separated from the 
rest of the town by a wall of its own. Towards the 
north, the quarter Sane-gungu is bordered by the one 
called Sara-kaina, meaning literally the " little town," 
and containing the residence of the Sheikh, and the 
house where I myself was lodged. Attached to Sara- 
kaina, towards the north, is Yuhu-k&ina, the quarter 
containing the "little market," which is especially 
used as a butchers' market. Bordering both on Jin- 
gere-ber and Yiibu-k&ina, is the quarter Bagindi, oc- 
cupying the lowest situation in the town, and stated 
by the inhabitants to have been flooded entirely in 
* Sane-gungu means, properly, the island, or tlie quarter of the 
whites, " kirsh el bedhan." 
| See about the Kasbah, Ah'med Baba's account, Journal of the 
Leipsic Oriental Society, vol. ix. p. 550. 
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