Word: raisuli
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When the Sultan of Morocco was harried by a lawless bandit from the hills, when that bandit seized upon a U. S. citizen and carried him off for ransom and satisfaction, the voice of Roosevelt boomed across the waters: "Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead...
...Raisuli, bloated like a balloon, suffering agony from dropsy in the legs, Jay amid rich carpets and cushions on the floor of his palace stronghold in the mountains near Tazreut. Heavy fighting had been going on outside, but. now all was quiet. Suddenly, there was the trampling of many feet and into the room swept some Moorish officers of Sultan Muhammad, otherwise...
...Krim, Moorish rebel against the Spaniards and Moroccan Sultan Mulay Yussef. These officers commanded Raisuli to surrender, informed him that his life would be spared if he did Abd-el-Krim's bidding. Raisuli surrendered, ordered his 16-year-old son and his nephew, Mulai, to proceed to Sheshuan and surrender themselves to the brother of the great Moorish rebel of the Riff country. He signed a letter addressed to Abd-el-Krim himself, stating that, if illness had not prevented him, he would have presented himself in person. Only a short time before, he had written rudely...
...easier to order Raisuli's removal than to accomplish it, however. No mule and no prancing Arab steed could be found strong enough to support his grotesque corpulence and a special litter had to be constructed to bear his great weight. A strange cavalcade left Tazreut. First, marched 20 fierce Riffian guards, armed hip and thigh. Second, came a huge, ill-fashioned sedan chair, supported at each corner by a pole and carried by 16 husky men. Inside the sedan box was Raisuli, reclining on soft carpets and magnificent cushions. Over his paunchy, shapeless face he wore a turban...
...Raisuli. "I have said I did not wish...