WAZZAN, a small town, 6om. N.W. by N. of Fez, Morocco, on the slopes of the Djebel Bu-Hallal. Wazzan, chief town of a territory, has 12,910 inhabitants, of whom 594 are Europeans. It manufactures a coarse white woollen cloth, from which the hooded cloaks (called jelldbs) are made. Its proudest name is Dar D'manah—House of Safety—as it is sanctuary for any who gain its limits, on account of the tomb of a sainted Idrisi Sherif, who lived there in 1727, and was the founder of one of the most important religious brotherhoods of the Muslim world, called the Taibiya. After the conquest of Algeria, the sherifs of Wazzan,
chiefs of the brotherhood, were placed under the protection of France. The French troops entered Wazzan in 192o.