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INHABITANTS OF BARKA.
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quit Mecca, where he had made some powerful enemies by his mode of life and his rigid principles, sought a temporary refuge in Benghazi. Then he founded at

Fig. 2. — Zawya oy Mazuma, in the Algerian Dahra.

el-Beida, west of Cyrene, a first zawya, at once a monastery, mosque, school, hospital, military stronghold, and centre of culture. Other fugitives, mostly Algerians, like