Titles of the Emperor of Marocco
Style of Addressing Him, and Specimens of Epistolary Correspondence
The Titles of the Emperor
Are
Servant of God.
Commander, Captain, or Leader of the (Mumeneen) Faithful [i.e. in Muhamed], upheld by the Grace of God.
Prince of Hassenee. Ever supported by God.
Sultan of Fas, of Maroksh [Marocco], of Suse, and of Draha, and of Tafilelt and Tuat, together with all the kabyles [tribes] of the West, and of the Berebbers of Atlas, &c.
The Sultan calls his soldiers (ketteffee) “my shoulders or support, or strength;” his subjects he calls his sons (woledee), and himself the father of his people.
N.B. The Hejra, or Muhamedan æra began A.D. 622. The Muhamedan years are lunar, 33 of which are about 32 solar years.