Kusaila
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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.
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Key facts
- Monarch.name
- Kusaila Ibn Malzam
- Monarch.title
- King of Altava
- Monarch.image
- Kusaila Statue1.jpg
- Monarch.caption
- Modern statue of Kusaila/Aksel in Bouhmama, Algeria
- Monarch.succession
- King of Altava
- Monarch.reign
- ? - 688
- Monarch.predecessor
- Sekerdid
- Monarch.death_date
- 688 AD
- Monarch.death_place
- Valley of Mamma, east of Timgad in the Aurès Mountains
- Monarch.burial_place
- Khenchela, Algeria
- Monarch.religion
- Arian Christianity
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- date of death
- 0690-00-00
- ethnic group
- Berbers
- date of birth
- 0640-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
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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.
== Etymology == According to Hadadou, the name Kusaila possibly originates from Caesilius (or its variant spellings such as Caecilian), a Roman name widely used among Christianized Berbers; however, he postulates that the more likely origin is aksil, the Berber word for "feline". The word is still attested in the dialects of Aurès, the region that Kusila was native to.
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