The Ouarsenis, the high massif between the Chelif and the Sersou, shelters mountain tribes who govern themselves.
The Banu Tujin graze its southern slopes and will make it the seat of their lordship in the 1230s.
Who holds it
- Title
- Tribal councils
- Family
- Berber mountain tribes (Ibn Khaldun names Sanhaja and Zenata groups here; the Banu Tujin take the massif later in the century)
- Confidence
- low
Ibn Khaldun vol. 3
Overlord
The Almohads, nominally
What it holds
- The Ouarsenis massif
How things stand that morning
Self-governing.
Wealth
Mountain farming, herds, cedar
Military
Hill levies
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: No tribe or chief dated to 1200.
On the map: Approximate.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.