People or land · The Maghreb and the Sahara · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Jabal Wuslat

The Jabal Wuslat (Ousselat), a block of hills west of Kairouan, sheltered Berber villages that kept their own customs and often defied the rulers of Tunis in later centuries.

Their state in 1200 is not recorded; drawn as a self-governing hill people.

Who holds it

Title
Berber village heads
Since
Not applicable
Born
Not applicable
Family
Not applicable
Confidence
low

The Wuslat appear as a rebel Berber hill people in Hafsid times; nothing is recorded for 1200.

Overlord

The Almohads of Tunis in name.

How things stand that morning

Self-governing (inferred).

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Later evidence only.

Sources and studies

  1. al-Idrisi, Description de l'Afrique et de l'Espagne, ed. and tr. Dozy and de Goeje (1866), the account of Ifriqiya, Tripoli and Barqa about 1154 (from general knowledge of the text, not re-read for this record)

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