The forested ranges of the Babors and the hills between Bougie, Jijel, Mila and Collo were the homeland of the Kutama, whose armies won Egypt for the Fatimids.
In 1200 their descendants live in self-governing hill tribes, the Sedwikish among them, between the Almohad ports and the high plains.
Who holds it
- Title
- Tribal councils and elders
- Family
- Remnants of the Kutama, the people who raised the Fatimids in the tenth century, among them the Sedwikish named by Ibn Khaldun
- Confidence
- low
Ibn Khaldun vols 1 and 3
Overlord
The Almohad governor of Bougie, nominally
What it holds
- The Babors, the hills of Jijel, El Milia and Collo
How things stand that morning
Self-governing under nominal Almohad overlordship.
Wealth
Hill farming, timber, cork, wax
Military
Hill levies
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Inferred from Ibn Khaldun's general description.
On the map: Approximate.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.