Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Meknes is a city in Morocco. Meknes started its life in the 8th century as a Kasbah or fort. In the 10th century a town grew around the fortress with the settlement of a Berber tribe called Maknassa. Meknes saw it's golden age following the acession to the throne of Morocco of Sultan Moulay Ismail (1672 - 1727), who made the town his imperial capital. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.