Bir El Hafey

History

Bir El Hafey is the modern site of the Ancient, notably Roman, city of Nara. H.H. Abdul Wahab identified Bir El Hafey with the medieval city of Jamunis ( Jamūnis al-Sābūn), one of the main cities of the Qammuda region. Jamunis is first mentioned in the 10th century, when it became the capital of Qammuda under the Zirid dynasty, replacing the nearby city of Madhkur, which had been sacked by the forces of Abu Yazid. However, Jamunis was probably an important city before this. It was the site of a battle in 1030 between the Zirid ruler al-Mu'izz ibn Badis and the Zenata Berbers, which al-Mu'izz won. Jamunis is no longer mentioned after the 11th century, having been sacked by the Banu Hilal. Al-Bakri described the city of Jamunis as being surrounded by sand and olive trees and having a strong fortress which served as an agadir (granary). He wrote that it was surrounded by many large and prosperous villages. Al-Muqaddasi mentioned the village of Khawr al-Kaf as being among those villages. Jamunis also had many fig and almond orchards, as well as a jami mosque. There are three bishops documented from Nara. *Crescenziano participated in the Council of Cabarsussi, held in 393 by the Maximianists, a dissident sect of the Donatists, and he signed the council's acts. * The Donatist Gennaro intervened at the 411 Carthage conference, which saw the Catholic and donatists from all over Roman North Africa debate. On that occasion the town had no Catholic bishops. *Vittore was present at the synod assembled in Carthage in 484 by King Huneric of the Vandal Kingdom. After the council Vittore was exiled. The diocese was nominally in 1925 restored as a Latin titular bishopric. It has had the following incumbents, all of the lowest (episcopal) rank : * Raffaele Angelo Palazzi (柏長青),…

Most-observed species

• Small Caltrops

  Tribulus terrestris L. · Magnoliopsida
  2
• Lang's Short-tailed Blue

  Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767) · Insecta
  1
• Australian saltbush

  Atriplex semibaccata R.Br. · Magnoliopsida
  1
• Common Purslane

  Portulaca oleracea L. · Magnoliopsida
  1
• Echinops spinosissimus Turra

  Echinops spinosissimus Turra · Magnoliopsida
  1
• Great Gray Shrike

  Lanius excubitor Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1
• Austaut's Blue

  Polyommatus celina · Insecta
  1

Most recent

• M 4.2 — 2026-01-13
  12 km WSW of Mezzouna, Tunisia
• M 4.4 — 2025-04-09
  24 km WSW of Mezzouna, Tunisia
• M 4.7 — 2025-02-03
  20 km W of Mezzouna, Tunisia
• M 4.4 — 2024-12-15
  35 km SSW of Kasserine, Tunisia
• M 4.1 — 2022-09-08
  21 km N of Skhira, Tunisia
• M 4.3 — 2019-06-10
  3 km NNW of Metlaoui, Tunisia