Al-Kahina, Queen of the Berbers
الكاهنة ملكة البربر
Al-Kahina, queen of the Berbers; Hassan ibn al-Nu'man al-Ghassani, Ifriqiya's governor, raided her and she routed him — he falling back to the Barqa-bound castles named Qusur Hassan — then raiding again he killed her and took a captivity of Berbers.
At a glance
- Era
- The Umayyad Period
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
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Connections
- Participated in
- Hassan ibn al-Nu'man's Campaigns against al-Kahina
- Member of
- The Berbers
People and things also explored
Barqa (Cyrenaica)· Isma'il ibn Abdallah and Umar II's Mission to the Berbers· The Killing of Yazid ibn Abi Muslim in His Prayer-Place· Hassan ibn al-Nu'man al-Ghassani· Ifriqiya· Hassan ibn al-Nu'man's Campaigns against al-Kahina· The Berbers
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Kahina, Queen of the Berbers”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-kahina/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.