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unusual facts about American Legation, Tangier



Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari

He started his early education in Tangier and traveled to Cairo and was a student of Azhar scholars such as Mahmoud Imam and Abdul Muuti Sharshimi.

Abu Bakr Ibn Sayyid al-Nās

Ibn Sayyid al-Nas spent a brief period of time in Aznalcázar before moving to North Africa and accepting positions as the imam of mosques in Tangier and later Béjaïa.

Afonso VI of Portugal

Colonial affairs saw the Dutch conquest of Jaffnapatam, Portugal's last colony in Portuguese Ceylon (1658) and the cession of Bombay and Tangier to England (23 June 1661) as dowry for Afonso's sister, Catherine of Braganza, who had married King Charles II of England.

American Legation, Tangier

The Tangier American Institute for Moroccan Studies is a museum and cultural center for the study of Morocco and Moroccan-American relations, specializing in Arabic language studies, and it has many paintings by Marguerite McBey and other artists.

Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth

The Sultan Moulay Ismail of Morocco had made an unsuccessful attempt to seize the town of Tangier in 1679, but ended up imposing a crippling blockade.

Daniel Blaufuks

In 1991, Daniel Blaufuks published, with Paul Bowles, My Tangier, and in 1994, the London Diaries, followed by Ein Tag in Mostar (1995) and Uma Viagem a S. Petersburgo (1998).

Dmitry von Fölkersam

Rozhestvensky was aware of Fölkersam’s condition, and when the fleet reached Tangier, he assigned Fölkersam to an independent command consisting of five older warships and several transports, which transited the Suez Canal and rejoined the main fleet at Nossi Be in Madagascar.

DoubleShot

Bond's trek takes him from England to Tangier, where he encounters the Taunt twins, Heidi and Hedy, CIA agents asked by M to bring him back to London.

Economy of Tangier

Tangiers economy is the third biggest of all Moroccan cities, after the economic capital Casablanca and the political capital Rabat.

Federico Mayor Zaragoza

In 2007, Federico Mayor Zaragoza co-founded with Boutros Boutros Ghali, Michel Rocard, John Brademas, Robert Mundell, Edward J. Nell, Karim Errouaki, Mohamed Hassad, and Tomas Solis the Tangier Expo 2012 International Support Committee.

Ferula tingitana

Ferula tingitana (the giant Tangier fennel) is a species of the Apiaceae genus Ferula.

Forbes Museum of Tangier

Forbes Museum of Tangier was a museum founded by the American publisher of Forbes magazine, Malcolm Forbes, in Tangier, Morocco.

George Washington Wilson

They date from the late 1850s down to the early years of the 20th century and cover not only Aberdeen and the North East but the whole of Scotland and most of England, as well as parts of Wales and Northern Ireland, Gibraltar, Morocco including Tangier, the South of Spain, and (especially) colonial South Africa and Australia.

Grand Socco

Grand Socco (meaning "Big Square", officially known as Place du Grand 9 Avril 1947 but that name is rarely used) is a square in the medina area of central Tangier, Morocco and the larger of the Petit Socco which make up the medina of the city.

Guerrilla Zoo

Interzone was influenced by the strange and seedy city of Interzone described by Burroughs in his books, inspired by his time living in the north Moroccan city of Tangier during the late 1950s.

It Never Rains...

At the police station, Grandad tells his grandsons why he's been arrested: it was way back in 1936, and the Trotter Family were very poor, so Grandad and his friend Nobby Clarke hitchiked all the way to Southampton, got a boat to Tangier, and after a failed attempt to join the French Foreign Legion, became gun-runners during the Spanish Civil War until they were captured, and Nobby was tortured, before the pair got home to Peckham.

John Twiggs Myers

In The Wind and the Lion, the fictional Captain Jerome (played by Steve Kanaly) took on Myers' historical role, commanding the Marines dispatched to Tangier during the Perdicaris incident.

Myers led the detachment of Marines which accompanied the USS Brooklyn to Tangier, Morocco during the Perdicaris incident in 1904.

Manor St. George

George's Manor was a large tract of land purchased by William "Tangier" Smith in the 17th century on Long Island, in central Suffolk County, New York.

The patent for Manor St. George was granted to Col. William "Tangier" Smith in 1693 in recognition of Col. Smith's being mayor of Tangier in Africa.

Minaret

;Morocco: Typically, a single square minaret; notable exceptions include a few octagonal minarets in northern cities -Chefchaouen, Tetouan, Rabat, Ouezzane, Asilah, and Tangier- and the round minaret of Moulay Idriss.

Mission in Tangier

Mission in Tangier (French: Mission à Tanger) is a 1949 French drama film directed by André Hunebelle and starring Raymond Rouleau, Gaby Sylvia and Mila Parély.

Moses Bensusan

Born in Tangier, Morocco and raised in Spain, Bensusan graduated from the Universite de Strasbourg in Strasbourg, France with a degree in engineering.

Panama Rose

The pseudonym used by Ira Cohen's then-girlfriend Rosalind when she wrote The Hashish Cookbook in Tangier, Morocco (mid-1960s), which was later published by Cohen's Gnaoua Press (New York, 1966)

Ridge, New York

In 1693, William "Tangier" Smith, who owned a homestead in Setauket, was allowed to purchase a large tract of land on the South Shore of Long Island in recognition of his being mayor of Tangier in Africa.

Saro Windhover

After modifications (addition of auxiliary winglet over engines to improve air flow and lift), it was sold to Francis Francis as G-ABJP, who onsold it in September to Gibraltar Airways for the Gibraltar-Tangier route.

Tangerine

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word "tangerine" was originally an adjective meaning "Of or pertaining to, or native of Tangier, a seaport in Morocco, on the Strait of Gibraltar" and "a native of Tangier."

Uqba ibn Nafi

On the North African coast, "the well-known titles of Bugia, and Tangier define the more certain limits of the Saracen victories."

Web of Spies

Carter escapes from Tangier and travels to a villa near L'Estartit on the Costa Brava where Russian agent Tasia Loften is seducing Alicia Todd.

Wittiza

Meanwhile, Wittiza's two sons, Evan and Siseburto, were banished or escaped to Tangier in Africa.

Yusuf ibn Tashfin

Yusuf was an effective general and administrator, as evidenced by his ability to organize and maintain the loyalty of the hardened desert warriors and the territory of Abu Bakr, as well as his ability to expand the empire, crossing the Atlas Mountains onto the plains of Morocco, reaching the Mediterranean and capturing Fez in 1075, Tangier in 1079, Tlemcen in 1080, and Ceuta in 1083, as well as Algiers, Ténès and Oran in 1082-83.


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