Berber monarchs

Diadumenian ( ; ; 14September 208 – June 218) was the son of the Roman emperor Macrinus and served as his co-ruler for a brief time in 218. His mother, Macrinus' wife, is called Nonia Celsa in the unreliable , though this name may have been fictional. Diadumenian became in May 217, shortly after his father's accession to the imperial throne. Elagabalus, a relative of the recently deceased Caracalla, revolted in May of the following year, and Diadumenian was elevated to co-emperor. After Macrinus was defeated in the Battle of Antioch on 8 June 218, Diadumenian was sent to the court of Artabanus

Jugurtha or Jugurthen ( c. 160 – 104 BC) was a king of Numidia, the ancient kingdom of the Numidians in northwest Africa. When the Numidian king Micipsa, who had adopted Jugurtha, died in 118 BC, Micipsa's two sons, Hiempsal and Adherbal, along with Jugurtha, were in line for succession. Jugurtha arranged to have Hiempsal killed in 117 BC and, after a civil war, defeated and killed Adherbal in 112 BC.

crown prince of Numidia and King of Mauretania (c. 48 BC - AD 23)

Leader of the Almoravid dynasty (r. 1061–1106), founder of Marrakech and a key figure in consolidating power in southern Morocco before expanding into Al-Andalus.

Amazigh religious scholar, teacher and politician

First Caliph of the Almohads

Syphax (, Sýphax; , ) was a king of the Masaesyli tribe of western Numidia (present-day Algeria) during the last quarter of the 3rd century BC. His story is told in Livy's Ab Urbe Condita (written c. 27–25 BC). He ruled over a territory extending from present day Constantine to Moulouya. The territory from the Moulouya until the Strait of Gibraltar and Tingis were also under the authority of Syphax.

1st century king of Mauretania

Micipsa (Numidian: Mikiwsan; , ; died BC) was the eldest legitimate son of Masinissa, the King of Numidia, a Berber kingdom in North Africa. Micipsa became the King of Numidia in 148 BC.

Egyptian pharaoh of the 21st dynasty

arab queen

king of Numidia

Amazigh (Berber) king of the Massylii

Almohad Caliph in 1224

Marinid sultan

4th-century Roman usurper

Amazigh (Berber) King of Numidia

Iarbas (or Hiarbas) was a legendary Libyan/Berber figure, who was mentioned by the Greek philosopher and historian Plutarch as well as in works by various Roman authors including Ovid and Virgil. The character is possibly based on a real historical king of Numidia.

king of Numidia

Kusaila ibn Malzam (), also known as Aksel, 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 leading Berber forces against the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb in the 680s. He was ultimately defeated and killed in the battle of Mamma in 688.

Emir of Toledo from 1043 to 1075

16th-century Wattasid sultan

Zirid king of Granada (r. 1073-1090)

Mastanabal (Numidian: MSTNB; , ) was one of three legitimate sons of Masinissa, the King of Numidia, a Berber kingdom in, present day Algeria, North Africa. The three brothers were appointed by Scipio Aemilianus Africanus to rule Numidia after Masinissa's death.

Wattasid Sultan from 1472 to 1504

Vermina (, ) was the son of king Syphax and king of the Masaesylian Berbers, a Berber tribe of western Numidia, an ancient Berber kingdom in North Africa.

Zayyanid ruler of Tlemcen from 1236 to 1283

Naravas (Numidian: ⵏⵔⴱⵙ, Nrbs(h); , ) was a Numidian prince of the 3rd century BCE, occasionally referred to as a king, descending from the Massylian royal dynasty of Eastern Numidia. He played a pivotal role in the Mercenary War (241–238 BCE), initially joining the Libyan rebels before later aligning with Carthage, an alliance that significantly shifted the balance of power during the conflict. Naravas was the son of Zelalsan II, the uncle of the Numidian King Masinissa, and the son-in-law of the Carthaginian general Hamilcar.

Gulussa was the second legitimate son of Masinissa. Gulussa became the King of Numidia along with his two brothers around 148 BC and reigned as part of a triumvirate for about three years.

thumb|250px|Statue of Añaterve in Plaza de la Patrona de Canarias, Candelaria, [[Tenerife.]] Añaterve was the Guanche Mencey (king) of Menceyato de Güímar at the time of the conquest of Tenerife in the 15th century.

Egyptian prince

Berber Moroccan queen and politician

Lacumazes was a king of the ancient Numidian tribe Massylii in 206 BCE.

Zayyanid ruler (r. 1359–1389)

Ruler of the Tlemcen Kingdom (r. 1308–1318)

Ruler of the Tlemcen Kingdom (r. 1318–1337)

Hammadid ruler

Iaudas or Iabdas was a Berber leader of the sixth century and king of the Kingdom of the Aurès who held the Byzantines in check for a long time in the Aurès, and played an important role in the Berber revolts following the Byzantine reconquest.

Ruler of Tlemcen Kingdom from 1283 to 1303

Capussa was a king of the ancient Numidian tribe Massylii in 206 BC. He was the son of Oezalces who had succeeded his brother, Gala, on the Massylian throne.

Cutzinas or Koutzinas () was a Berber tribal leader who played a major role in the wars of the East Roman or Byzantine Empire against the Berber tribes in Africa in the middle of the 6th century, fighting both against and for the Byzantines. A staunch Byzantine ally during the latter stages of the Berber rebellion, he remained an imperial vassal until his murder in 563 by the new Byzantine governor.

Hammadid ruler 1104-1121

Antalas (; c. 500 – after 548) was a Berber tribal leader who played a major role in the wars of the Byzantine Empire against the Berber tribes in Africa. Antalas and his tribe, the Frexes initially served the Byzantines as allies, but after 544 switched sides. With the final Byzantine victory in his and his tribe once again became Byzantine subjects. The main sources on his life are the epic poem Iohannis of Flavius Cresconius Corippus and the Histories of the Wars of Procopius of Caesarea.

ruler of the Hammadids in 1104

Ruler of the Tlemcen Kingdom (r. 1304–1308)

amenokal (chief) of the Kel Ahaggar Tuareg

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son of Gulussa, Numidian prince

politician

Masties (reigned 484–494?) was the Dux and later self proclaimed emperor of the Kingdom of the Aures, a Romano-Berber polity in the former Roman province of Numidia.

Zayyanid ruler 1504-1517

Archobarzane, grandson of Syphax, was the last king of the Masaesylians, after his father Vermina.

Zayyanid ruler 1468-1504

Nubel or Nuvel was a Quinquegentian king from the Jubalenis tribe (a tribe established near the region of the ancient city of Auzia), having lived in the middle of the fourth century in Petra Mlakou Castle.

Esdilasas () was a Moorish tribal leader active during the rebellion in the province of Byzacena. In 534 and 535, he was among the Moorish leaders who rebelled against Byzantine authority in Africa. In late 534, he, along with the Berber tribal leaders Cutzinas, Iurfutes and Medisiníssas, defeated the Byzantine officers Aigan and Rufinus. In 535, however, the rebels were defeated by the Byzantine military commander Solomon, first at Mammes, then at Bourgaon. In the aftermath of Bourgaon, Esdilasas surrendered and was taken to Carthage.

Founder of the Berber Barghawata dynasty

10th-century Miknasa Berber chieftain

Nabdalsa (2nd century BC) was a Numidian chieftain.