Medrissa

Medrissa lies on the high plains south of Tiaret, in the transition from the Tell to the steppe. The surrounding country forms part of the Sersou, a plateau where pastoral lands meet cultivated ground. In the Middle Ages it was connected to the political world of nearby Tahert, the capital of the Rustamids. By the later fourteenth century, the Hilalian Suwayd tribe had extended its authority over the Medrissa region and its surroundings.