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Five thousand Riff tribesmen danced and cavorted among the Riffian hills.

From Time Magazine Archive

Fought against the Riffian tribes of Abd el Krim in Morocco in the 1920s, stayed on as a native-affairs officer.

From Time Magazine Archive

Despatches indicated that the French advance outnumbered the Riffian defenders by ten to one.

From Time Magazine Archive

Spaniards, upon taking stock of Abd-el-Krim's former general headquarters at Ajdir, became aware that the Riffian war lord had furnished himself with many of the commonplaces of European existence.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some of them went so far as to send warships to cruise along the Riffian coast.

From Great Pirate Stories by French, Joseph Lewis