Saffi

Saffi, or ASFI, a seaport of Morocco, stands on a little bay on the Mediterranean coast, 120 miles WNW. of the city of Morocco. It is a compactly built place, dominated by a fine ruined castle of the sultans of Morocco dating from the 16th century. The place was held by the Portuguese for several years; they abandoned it in 1648. The fortifications they built still stand in part. The shrine of the Seven Sleepers here is visited by both Moslems and Jews. Saffi was at one time the chief seat of the trade of Morocco with Europe, and, though it has declined since the rise of Mogador, it still exports beans, maize, pease, wool, olive-oil, &c. to the annual value of £151,600 (84 per cent. to Great Britain), and imports cottons, sugar, &c. to the average annual value of £65,900, more than one-half from Great Britain. Pop. 9000.