Al Jabal
Al Jabal
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Al Jabal Location in Algeria | |
| Coordinates: 35°33′12″N 0°21′38″E / 35.55333°N 0.36056°E [1] | |
| Country | Algeria |
| Province | Mascara Province |
Al Jabal (Amazigh : ⴰⵍ ⵊⴰⴱⴰⵍ, Arabic : الجبل) is a historic mountain village in Mascara Province, northwestern Algeria. Located in a strategic position in the Djebel Bargar, south of the Qal'a of the Beni Rached and of the city of Yellel (L'Hillil)[2], it was founded by the Banu Masala, a Huwwara Berber emirate rebel to the Rustamid Kingdom during the 9th century. The city of Al Jabal reportedly was the residence of the Banu Masala.[3] Following the fall of the emirate in 910-911, when Huwwara tribes converted to Ismailism under pressure from the Fatimids[4], the city lost importance and remains a simple Berber village today.
References
- ^ Lewicki, Tadeusz (1968). "Un royaume ibadite peu connu: l"Etat des Banu Masala (IXe Ss.)" (in French). ISSN 0080-3545.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Marçais (1941). La Berbérie au IXe siècle selon al-Ya'qoubi (in French). p. 47.
- ^ de Goeje (1870). Kitab al Buldan (in Arabic). p. 356.
- ^ Ibn Khaldun (1856). Histoire des Berbères (in French). p. 244.