Miknas, Mequinez, or MIKNASA, a town of Morocco, 32 miles W. by S. of Fez and 70 miles from the coast, stands amidst olive groves on the slope of a hill. It is surrounded by walls, and is perhaps the best built town in Morocco. The palace is the summer residence of the sultan, and the mosque of Muley Ismail is the burial-place of the royal house. Pop. about 30,000. For the early history of the place, see Journ. Asiatique (1885).
Miknas, Mequinez
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