Kusaila

Kusaila or Aksil ( Berber ) ( † 688 ) was the leader of the Auraba Berbers against the Muslims.

Kusaila was leader of Auraba Berbers in the region of the Aures. This had probably taken the Christianity of Byzantium, but ended after 681 Uqba ibn Nafi, submit to the Muslim governor of Ifriqiya. For the train to the Atlantic, they had to provide troops.

During the retreat from Uqba ibn Nafi Kusaila succeeded in forming a coalition of Berber tribes, the devastating hit of Arab armies in 683 Biskra, where Uqba ibn Nafi also fell. In the aftermath Kusaila Kairouan occupied and ruled the territories of Algeria, Tunisia and Tripolitania. 688 he fell in battle against troops of the Umayyad before Kairouan. The resistance of the Berber tribes against the Arab conquest but kept under al - Kahina further.