English Colonial Texts on Tangier, 1661-1684

This critical edition presents a remarkable collection of 18 Restoration pamphlets dealing with the English occupation of Tangier. In an extensive original introduction, Karim Bejjit narrates the various stages of the colonial venture in Tangier, and critically analyses both the British historiography and current scholarship on the subject. Read collectively, the texts offer a genuine glimpse into the colonial scene and the interplay of forces which governed English presence in Tangier.

Part 1 Beginnings (1661-1666): A proclamation declaring His Majesties pleasure to settle and establish a free port at his city of Tangier in Africa. A description of Tangier, the country and people adjoyning. A brief relation of the present state of Tangier. The Moors baffled. Articles of peace. Part 2 Apologias (1676-1679): The present state of Tangier. A discourse touching Tangier. The present interest of Tangier. A short account of the progress of the mole at Tangier. The present danger of Tangier. Part 3 Crisis (1680): An exact journal of the Siege of Tangier. A particular relation of the late success of His Majesties forces at Tangier against the Moors. A particular narrative of a great engagement. Great and bloody news from Tangier. Part 4 Departure (1681-1684): The last account from Fez. A letter from Tangier concerning the death of Jonas Rowland the Renegade. A letter from Tangier to a friend in London. Tangier's lamentation.