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

_Abu-Tessifin_, a Maraboot, or Monk, taking advantage of the divisionswhich convulsed these countries, and above all of the cblackulity ofthis fickle people, sent several of his disciples to preach and excitethe multitude to revolt, under the pretext of recovering theirliberties. 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 religion.