Wazzan
WAZZAN, a small hillside town, 60 m. N.W. by N. of Fez, Morocco. It has a considerable trade with the country round, and manufactures a coarse white woollen cloth with rough surface from which the hooded cloaks (called jellabs) are made. Its proudest name is Dar D'manah House of Safety as it is sanctuary for any who gain its limits, on account of the tomb of a sainted Idrisi Sharif, who lived there in 1727. It is the headquarters of his descendants.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
