Kingdom of Kuku explained

Common Name:Kingdom of Koukou
Conventional Long Name:Sultanate of Kuku
Status:Kingdom
Capital:Kuku
Year End:[1]
Flag Type:Flags of the Kingdom of Kuku
Left: Flag of Kuku (West of Kabylia)
Image Map Size:220px
Image Map Alt:A map show the kingdom of kuku
Image Map Caption:Map of Kabyle Kingdoms and Algiers Regency
Image Map2 Caption:Algiers and Kabylia Map
Title Leader:Sultan
Common Languages:Kabyle
Religion:Islam
Today:Algeria

The Kingdom of Kuku (Kingdom of Koukou) was a Kabyle Berber kingdom. It was established around 1515 CE and ruled by the Ath l-Qadi dynasty until 1632 or 1638 CE. Ahmed ou el Kadhi (Ou l-Qadi) is acknowledged as the founder.[2]

Origins

The Ath l-Qadi are generally accepted to have been from the Ath Ghoubri region and having a maraboutic lineage.[3] According to Laurent-Charles Féraud (1829–1888), the dynasty possessed parchments which attributed their genealogy to a certain Ammar ben Idris, hence relating them to the Sharifian Idrisids of Fez,[4] while Joseph Nil Robin associates them with a non-Sharifian Fassi ancestry.

References

  1. Book: Hugh Roberts . Berber Government: The Kabyle Polity in Pre-colonial Algeria . 2014 . I.B. Tauris . 151–165 . 9781784537661 .
  2. Book: Bernard Lugan . Histoire de l'Afrique du Nord . 2016 . Editions du Rocher . 216 . 9782268085357 .
  3. Book: Roberts, Hugh . Berber Government: The Kabyle Polity in Pre-colonial Algeria . 2014-08-19 . Bloomsbury Publishing . 978-0-85773-689-5 . 168 . en.
  4. Book: Féraud, Laurent Charles . Histoire Des Villes de la Province de Constantine . History of the Cities of Constantine Province . 1870 . [Dr.:] Arnolet . 121 . fr.