24 Facts About Amazigh

Historically, Berber, or Amazigh, nations have spoken Berber languages, which are a branch of the Afroasiatic language family.

Amazigh probably had its ancient parallel to the Roman and Greek names for Berbers such as.

Amazigh is mainly known from the work of the Arab historian Ibn al-Athir, who wrote that Shaqya's revolt originated in the area of modern Cuenca, an area of Spain that is mountainous and difficult to traverse.

Amazigh compares Shaqya to Idris I, a descendant of Ali accepted by the Zenata Berbers, who founded the Idrisid dynasty in 788, and to Salih ibn Tarif, who ruled the Bargawata Berber in the 770s.

Amazigh compares these leaders to pre-Islamic leaders Dihya and Kusaila.

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Amazigh then formed alliances with other local Berber clans, taking the towns of Osuna, Estepa, and Ecija in 889.

Amazigh was born in the early seventh century and died around the end of the seventh century, in modern Algeria.

Amazigh was a notable early Christian apologist and a polemicist against heresy, including contemporary Christian Gnosticism.

Amazigh's story was recorded by his Christian contemporaries, Romuald Guarna and Hugo Falcandus from Sicily, and the Muslim historian Ibn Khaldun.

Amazigh met another Kabyle Catholic convert, Antoine-Belkacem Amrouche, whom she married in 1898.

Amazigh is the daughter of General Mohamed Oufkir and a cousin of fellow Moroccan writer and actress Leila Shenna.

Amazigh writes in her book Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail: "we had rejected Islam, which had brought us nothing good, and opted for Catholicism instead".

Amazigh is one of the most outspoken converts in the world, he hosts a weekly live call-in show on the Al-Hayat channel where he compares Islam and Christianity as well as debating with Islamic scholars.

Amazigh is considered to be one of the most important military commanders in Spanish history.

Amazigh was initially a servant of Musa ibn Nusair in North Africa, and was sent by his superior to launch the first thrust of an invasion of the Iberian peninsula.

Amazigh's reward was the governorship of the western provinces, an area that roughly corresponds with modern Algeria north of the Sahara.

Amazigh took the titles of and after visiting the Caliph of Baghdad and officially receiving his support.

Amazigh was either a cousin or nephew of Abu Bakr ibn Umar, the founder of the Almoravid dynasty.

Amazigh himself chose the place where it was built in 1070 and later made it the capital of his Empire.

Amazigh is known as El-Mahdi in reference to his prophesied redeeming.

Amazigh reigned from 1163 until 1184 and had the Giralda in Seville built.

Amazigh is most famous for compiling the Dala'il al-Khayrat, a popular Muslim prayer book.

Amazigh is considered the most important author of the Shilha literary tradition.

Amazigh was born around 1670 in the village of al-Qasaba in the region of Sous, Maghreb and died in 1748 or 1749.