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 Here long resided Ibn-Khaldun, the famous author of the "History of the Berbers."

Tlemcen passed from the Spaniards to the Turks in 1553, when most of the inhabitants emigrated to Marocco; and after its occupation by the French in 1842

it was mostly rebuilt in the European style, with regular streets and squares, uniform military and municipal buildings. But what remains of the old town is still distinguished for its picturesque appearance, quaint Moorish houses, and