Zarhon

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Zarhon (also spelled Zarhun) is a mountain in Morocco, 91 mi N. of Meknes, on whose hillside is the town "Moulay Idris Zarhona", called after Moulay Idris I, the founder of the Moorish empire, who was buried there in 791 CE.

The whole town is considered as a sanctuary, pays no taxes, provides no soldiers and is never visited save by Muslims.

Near the town are the ruins of Volubilis Kasar Faraon, or Pharaohs Castle, once the Roman capital, and the first home of Idris I.

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