02667cam a22003253u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000320012624500320015826400510019030000470024133600260028833700260031433800360034050000310037650801060040752016130051353400660212665300120219265300370220485600570224185600430229877563UtSlPG20260610134809.0mcr n260607r20251924utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a24007813  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aDT1 aForbes, Rosita,d1893?-196714aThe sultan of the mountains 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2025  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2025-12-29  aGalo Flordelis (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)  a"The Sultan of the Mountains" by Rosita Forbes is a historical biography and travel narrative written in the early 20th century. It follows the Moroccan leader Mulai Ahmed er Raisuli—portrayed as warrior, strategist, mystic, and tribal patron—through rebellion, diplomacy, and survival amid European encroachment. Framed by the author’s journey to his mountain stronghold, it blends on-the-ground reportage with oral history to depict a contested land and its charismatic ruler.

The opening of the book presents a vivid authorial introduction that sketches Raisuli’s lineage, mystique, political acumen, and long contest with Moroccan sultans and Spanish commanders, culminating in a fragile peace and his austere life at Tazrut. The narrative then shifts to the author’s journey: guided by his cousin Mulai Sadiq, she travels from Tetuan through Spanish posts and the concealed city of Xauen into the Beni Aros mountains, witnessing guarded roads, wary villages, and even a snake-eater at Suq el Khemis before an armed escort leads her to Tazrut, a bomb-scarred stronghold. There she is welcomed into the compound, meets the household and Raisuli’s son, and finally encounters the imposing, soft‑voiced Raisuli, whose courtesy and watchful eyes frame late-night talks about power and war. He begins his life story—proud descent, studious youth and oratory, a first vengeance raid, rise as a mountain band-leader, ruses against the Maghzen, betrayal at Tangier, and the harrowing start of imprisonment at Mogador—where this excerpt breaks off. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cNew York: Henry Holt and Company, 1924  aMorocco  aRaysūnī, Aḥmad, 1871?-19254 uhttps://archive.org/details/sultanofmountain0000rosi40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77563