"Soam" Quotes from Famous Books
... being corrupted through the Spanish), a Berber horde from the Sahara which, in the 11th century, founded the fourth dynasty in Morocco. By this dynasty the Moorish empire was extended over Tlemcen and a great part of Soam and Portugal. The name is derived from the Arab. Murabit, a religious ascetic (see MARABOUT.) The most powerful of the invading tribes was the Lamtuna ("veiled men'') from the upper Niger, whose best-known representatives now are the Tuareg. They had been converted to Mahommedanism ... — Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia |