The power of the Turks in Africa is very recent. It began in 1514, when the pirate Barbarossa seized Algier; and piracy, as is too well known, has become an appendage of their dominion. Tunis became subject to the Abi-Hafs about A.D. 1240. Abu-Zekeria, the first prince, is said to have extended his contribution to the country of the negroes. A.D. 1270, St. Louis, attacking Tunis, perished by a pestilence. In 1533 Barbarossa seized Tunis. The expedition of Charles V. 1535, is well known; but the African marygold is its only permanent product. The race of the Abi-Hafs terminated in 1570, when El-Wahhali, a descendant of Barbarossa, and Dey of Algier, took possession of Tunis. The Mohammedan power, on the North and West of Africa, remains divided between the Sherîfs of Morocco and Fez, and the Turks of Algier and Tunis. PART II. _EGYPT._ Egypt remained for a considerable time in quiet subjection to the Chalîfs, successors of Mohammed. But their power being on the decline, owing to the insolence of their Turcoman militia, the janizaries of that period, and other causes, this fertile country began to throw off the yoke. DYNASTY I. _The Tholonides._ In the year of the Hejira 265, A.D. 879, Achmed, son of Tholon or Teilûn, governor of Egypt, usurped the sovereignty from the Chalîf Motamid-b’-illah. This short-lived dynasty expired in Sultan Harôn, grandson of the usurper, about thirty years after. DYNASTY II. _The Fatimites._ The conquest of Egypt by Abu-Tammîm, Sultan of Africa, has been already mentioned. 975. Abu-Tammîm or Moaz was succeeded by his son Aziz. He carried on several wars in Syria. 996. Hakim, his successor, is only famed for his cruelty. 1021. Daher, fourth Chalîf of Egypt, conquered Aleppo, but was forced to abandon it. 1036. Abu-Tamîm Mostansir. In the reign of this Chalîf most of the Egyptian possessions in Syria were lost. 1094. Mostali. This Chalîf, in 1098, regained Jerusalem from the Turks; next year it was taken by the Franks, under Godefroy de Boulogne. 1101. Amer, a child. The Wizîr Afdhal exercised the sovereignty during his reign of thirty years. 1130. Hafed. 1149. Dafer. In his Chalîfate the Christians took Ascalon. 1155. Fayez.