Algeria Through Time
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Islamic Era

β€œScholars, mystics and early defenders of the land.”

12 figures1 eras5 regions

Scholars, mystics and early defenders of the land.

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Dihya (al-Kahina)
Late 7th century
Kusayla
Late 7th century (d. 688)
Abd al-Rahman ibn Rustam
8th century (founded Tahert c. 776)
Yaghmurasen Ibn Zyan
13th century (r. 1235–1283)
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Late 7th century

Dihya (al-Kahina)

Aurès
Late 7th century (d. 688)

Kusayla

National / Algeria-wide
8th century (founded Tahert c. 776)

Abd al-Rahman ibn Rustam

Western Algeria
13th century (r. 1235–1283)

Yaghmurasen Ibn Zyan

Western Algeria
12th century (1126–1198)

Sidi Boumediene

Western Algeria
Early 8th century (711)

Tariq ibn Ziyad

National / Algeria-wide
10th century

Ziri ibn Manad

Kabylie
Late 10th century

Buluggin ibn Ziri

Algiers
Early 11th century

Hammad ibn Buluggin

Constantine
Almoravid era (11th c.)

Yusuf ibn Tashfin

Maghreb / Intellectual history
Early 12th century

Ibn Tumart

Maghreb / Intellectual history
12th century (Almohads)

Abd al-Mu'min

Western Algeria
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