Kusaila
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Kusaila (Arabic: كسيلة بن ملزم, romanized: Kusaila ibn Malzam,[1][2] Latin: Caecilius) was a 7th-century Berber Christian ruler of the kingdom of Altava and leader of the Awraba tribe, a Christianised sedentary Berber tribe of the Aures and possibly Christian king of the Sanhaja.[3] Under his rule his domain stretched from Volubilis in the west to the Aurès in the east and later Kairouan and the interior of Ifriqiya.[4][5][6][7] Kusaila is mostly known for prosecuting an effective Berber military resistance against the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb in the 680s. He died in one of those battles in 688.
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Kusaila Ibn Malzam | |
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King of Altava | |
King of Altava | |
Reign | ? - 688 |
Predecessor | Sekerdid |
Leader of the Berber | |
In office | c. 680s - 688 |
Successor | Dihya |
Died | 688 AD Valley of Mamma, east of Timgad in the Aurès Mountains |
Burial | |
Religion | Arian Christianity |
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