Kusaila
Kusaila (Arabic: كسيلة بن ملزم, romanized: Kusaila ibn Malzam, 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. 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. 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.
| 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 |
| History of Algeria |
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