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Dihya
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Al-Kahina (), also known as Dihya, was a Berber warrior-queen of the Aurès (present-day Algeria) and a religious and military leader who lived during the 7th century.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Al-Kahina
- Royalty.title
- Queen of the Aurès
- Royalty.image
- Statue of Dyhia in Khenchela (Algeria) (cropped).jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Dihya memorial in Khenchela, Algeria
- Royalty.succession
- Queen of the Aurès
- Royalty.reign
- c. 668 - 703
- Royalty.predecessor
- Iaudas
- Royalty.birth_date
- Early seventh century 567 AD
- Royalty.death_date
- September or October 703
- Royalty.death_place
- Bir al-Kahina, Aurès
- Royalty.issue
- QwaiderYaminKhalid ibn Yazid al-Qaisi (adopted)
- Royalty.father
- Tabat
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Place of birth
- Aurès Mountains
- Place of death
- Tabarka
- Occupation
- monarch
- Position held
- monarch
- Noble title
- monarch
- Image
- Dihya Berber Queen of the Aurès by Vernet-Lecomte.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 0668-00-00
- date of death
- 0704-00-00
- place of burial
- Baghai
- name in native language
- الملكة ديهيا
- Commons category
- Dihya of Aures
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Name
- Origins and religion
- Military victory in Meskiana
- Reign
- Defeat and demise
- Legacy
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
Al-Kahina (), also known as Dihya, was a Berber warrior-queen of the Aurès (present-day Algeria) and a religious and military leader who lived during the 7th century.
Al-Kahina is known to have united various Berber tribes under her leadership to fight against the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, leading the indigenous North African defense of the region then known as Numidia. She fought in multiple battles, notably defeating Umayyad forces in the Battle of Meskiana. Afterwards, she became the uncontested ruler of the whole Maghreb region, and remained so until being decisively defeated at the Battle of El Jem.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dihya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.