The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-04-06

charge ov Egypt an he IL ed 10 hev
bin high roller" Hix admins
tratIon aug 50 wicked that even the
Egyptian people had 10 hang their
heads in shame. an the sultaa CO
Turkey blu9hsd esery time ESyps wux
mentioned In big presence. so Yoa kin
Just bet your last dollar that tie
once mighty country kaovn as Egypt
wuz goIn' the full limit
But while things were far from
good in the high government circles.
Muraf, the commander o. the army
Of Egypt. WIZ maxim things count
in Africa. He trayersed the country
az far az centa. great fortress near
the pillar oy Hercules. Count Julian
the Gothic commander. soon eoneiud-
ed that resistance wuz useless and
surrendered the fortress. offerin' a.
the same time TO pilot Mura into the
heart or Spain by the best possible
route for an invadin' army. But this
offer wuz the result ov jealousy
among the Gothic chiefs an Mura
wuz suspicious ov a trap One ov
hiz generals at last agreed 10 make
the invasion an take awl risk. He
an hiz army sailed from Centa and
landed at Calpe, the exact spot upon
which the great English fortress
known az Gibralter IL now located.
When Musa heard the good news he
started for Africa at once an took
charge ov the army, claimin' full
credit for awl that had been accom-
plished. The general who had plann-
ed the expedition and who had led
hit, wuz disgraced by the haggish
ruler. But Musa wuz In turn dis
graced by the ruler ov Egypt an
died unhonored an unsung. But the
literature an ideas ov the East were
gradually introduced into Africa,
though hit amounted to but little at
the time. Nothin' short ov the Eng
lish language an English literature
will satisfy the average citizen ov
Africa, for they don't know much,
even in our day; an | am here to
state that | do not believe, that the
Spanish people know their own lam
larn hit to the fool niggers in Africa
or elsewhar?
For number ov years after this
Egypt wuz awlmost without any his
tory. Somethin' happened, ov course.
But no one can now tell whether that
somethin' wuz guide or bad. There
wuz more or less internal strife on
account ov politics. While they were
not known by the name, the RED
Shirts" got in more or less dirty
work That wuz many hundreds ov
years before this organization began
to get talked about in North and
South Carolina, shown that wicked
ness and filth in politics IL not entire
ly modern.
The Egyptian Ommiades were
overthrown by the Abbasides, who
descended from Abbas. The uncle
ov the prophet retired into Spaim an
established their dynasty upon the
throne ov Cordova. But the family
ov Ommfah havin' many adhereants
in Syria, am some bein' attached to
Ali, Almansuar, the second Ca1iph,
founded a new capital upon the west
ern banks ov the river Tigris. That
city wuz called Bagdad, and hit was
an il, famous in the history ov the
East.
Haroun Alrashid was the next cali
iphate. He wuz prince ov more
than ordinary fame, and he became
well known later az the hero ov the
Arabian tales, called the Arabian
Nights Entertainments" The couE-
try wuz in a commotien durin' hTZ
reign an the government wuz re-
garded az weak. But toward the
latter end ov hiz rule he picked UP
some territory an other things after
the manner of I'VE old tyne" rulers
He had az an assistant fellow BY
the name ov Ibrahims who looked
after the possessions ev Egypt in
Africa upon the shores of the Medi-
terranean. He established what wuz
known az the dynasty ov the AgLa-
bites, the term bein' derived from
Aglab, who wuz the father ov Ibra-
him.
Durin' the reign ON Alrashid the
Greeks of Constantinop1e arrived in
| Egypt with strong feet for that
period. Thoran, Turkish admiral,
wuz sent both to protect Egypt an
estore order, which he did. Hiz. son
and successor enlarged hiz denim
] ions from the fa1lin' empire ov Bag
! dad, until he returned TO Egypt in
possession ov dominions that extend
! ed from the Euphrates to the con-
i fines of Nubia. But the power ov
the administration did not last long
and Egypt wuz again put out ov
business for time, bein' added to
the empire ov Bagdad.
Az ever,
ZEKE BTLKINS.
(To be eontinued.)