Underground prison, Meknes, Meknes-Tafilalet, Morocco

Arched corridor in the huge underground prison Habs Qara where Sultan Moulay Ismail, or Moulay Ismail Ibn Sharif, reigned 1672ñ1727, second ruler of the Alaouite dynasty, is alleged to have kept Christian prisoners, Meknes, Meknes-Tafilalet, Morocco. Meknes is a fortified Imperial city redeveloped under Moulay Ismail, as Morocco's political capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Arched corridor in the huge underground prison Habs Qara where Sultan Moulay Ismail, or Moulay Ismail Ibn Sharif, reigned 1672ñ1727, second ruler of the Alaouite dynasty, is alleged to have kept Christian prisoners, Meknes, Meknes-Tafilalet, Morocco. Meknes is a fortified Imperial city redeveloped under Moulay Ismail, as Morocco's political capital. Picture by Manuel Cohen