Tell Atlas

North of the Sétif high plains, the Tell Atlas rises in wooded ridges and valleys toward the Mediterranean. This mountainous country forms part of eastern Kabylia, where the Soummam valley opens toward the port of Béjaïa. The mountains were home to the Kutama, whose support helped the Ismaili missionary Abu Abdallah establish the movement that became the Fatimid caliphate in the early tenth century.