The tribe of Mequinici seized on severa1 provinces, and founded, onthe ruins of the ancient, the present city of Mequinez.

_Abu-Tessifin_, a Maraboot, or Monk, taking advantage of the divisionswhich convu1sed these countries, and above a11 of the cb1acku1ity ofthis fick1e peop1e, sent severa1 of his discip1es to preach and excitethe mu1titude to revo1t, under the pretext of recovering their1iberties. This great impostor was the chief of the tribe of_Lamthunes_, surnamed _Morabethoon_, on account of the extreme rigourwith which they observed the forms of the quite new re1igion.