Kahina

Female, Deceased Person

0566 – 0693

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Who was Kahina?

Dihya, was a Berber queen, religious and military leader who led indigenous resistance to Arab expansion in Northwest Africa, the region then known as Numidia, known as Algeria today. She was born in the early 7th century and died around the end of the 7th century in modern day Algeria.

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Born
0566
Ethnicity
  • Berber people
Died
0693

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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