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Kusaila

640 - 688

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Kusaila ibn Malzam (Arabic: كسيلة بن ملزم), 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kusaila is the 8,905th most popular politician (down from 6,153rd in 2019), the 68th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 50th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Algerian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kusaila ranks 8,905 out of 19,576. Before him are Henri Konan Bédié, Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria, Bahadur Shah I, Shujaat Hussain, Mieszko I Tanglefoot, and Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin. After him are Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, Regina Jonas, Prithvirajsing Roopun, Alphonse Massamba-Débat, False Dmitry III, and Liu Bocheng.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 640, Kusaila ranks 6. Before him are Asparuh of Bulgaria, Isaac of Nineveh, Saint Giles, Musa ibn Nusayr, and Saint Kilian. After him are Al-Akhtal al-Taghlibi, Callinicus I of Constantinople, and Seaxburh of Ely. Among people deceased in 688, Kusaila ranks 4. Before him are Abd Allah ibn Abbas, Wamba, and Perctarit. After him is Berthar.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Kusaila ranks 68 out of 213. Before him are Ahmad al-Tijani (1735), Djamila Bouhired (1935), Alphonse Juin (1888), Rachid Taha (1958), Al-Busiri (1213), and Rabah Bitat (1925). After him are Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina (1934), Lakhdar Brahimi (1934), Isaac Alfasi (1013), Roger Hanin (1925), Ahmed Ouyahia (1952), and Évariste Lévi-Provençal (1894).

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Among POLITICIANS In Algeria

Among politicians born in Algeria, Kusaila ranks 26. Before him are Liamine Zéroual (1941), Adherbal (-200), Paul Masson (1876), René Viviani (1862), Ali Kafi (1928), and Rabah Bitat (1925). After him are Lakhdar Brahimi (1934), Ahmed Ouyahia (1952), Muhammad ibn Ali as-Senussi (1787), Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre (1810), Abdelmalek Sellal (1948), and Messali Hadj (1898).

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