Kingdom of Kuku

Kingdom of Kuku
Kingdom of Kuku
c. 1515–c. 1638
Status	Kingdom
Capital	Kuku
Common languages	Kabyle
Religion	Islam
King
• 1515-1527	Ahmed ou el Kadhi
History
• Established	c. 1515
• Disestablished	c. 1638
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Hafsids of Béjaïa
Regency of Algiers
Today part of	Algeria

Last updated October 30, 2025

The Kingdom of Kuku was a kingdom in North Africa. It was established around 1515 CE and ruled by the Ath l-Qadi dynasty until 1632 or 1638 CE.^[1] 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]^[3] while Joseph Nil Robin associates them with a non-Sharifian Fassi ancestry.^[3]

References

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

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[Roberts-1] 1 2 3 Hugh Roberts (2014). Berber Government: The Kabyle Polity in Pre-colonial Algeria. I.B. Tauris. pp. 151–165. ISBN 9781784537661.

[2] Bernard Lugan (2016). Histoire de l'Afrique du Nord. Editions du Rocher. p. 216. ISBN 9782268085357.

[:0-3] 1 2 3 Roberts, Hugh (2014-08-19). Berber Government: The Kabyle Polity in Pre-colonial Algeria. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-85773-689-5.

[4] Féraud, Laurent Charles (1870). Histoire Des Villes de la Province de Constantine [History of the Cities of Constantine Province] (in French). [Dr.:] Arnolet. p. 121.

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