Kusaila

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Kusaila or Aksil ( Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⴽⵙⵉⵍ Aksil ) († 688 ) was the leader of the Auraba - Berbers against the Muslims .

Kusaila was the leader of the Auraba Berbers in the Aures area . This probably had about Byzantium the Christianity adopted, but ended after 681 Uqba ibn Nafi , the Muslim governor of Ifriqiya submit. They had to provide auxiliary troops for his move to the Atlantic .

During the retreat of Uqba ibn Nafi, Kusaila succeeded in forming a coalition of Berber tribes, which defeated the Arab army at Biskra in 683 , and Uqba ibn Nafi also fell. In the following years Kusaila occupied Kairuan and ruled the areas of Algeria , Tunisia and Tripolitania . In 688 he fell in combat against Umayyad troops off Kairuan. The resistance of the Berber tribes to the Arab conquest continued under al-Kahina .

literature

  • Stephan Ronart, Nandy Ronart: Lexicon of the Arab World. A historical-political reference work. Artemis Verlag, Zurich et al. 1972, ISBN 3-7608-0138-2 .
  • The Encyclopaedia of Islam . New Edition. Volume 5. Brill, Leiden 1986, p. 517.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ African Journal Volume XXII 1878 p.264 (in French)
personal data
SURNAME Kusaila
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kusaila ibn Lemzem; Aksil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Auraba Berber leader
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century or 7th century
DATE OF DEATH 688