• The Battle of Meskiana occurred in North Africa in 698 between the Umayyad forces of Hassan ibn al-Nu'man and Queen Dihya. According to the historian Ibn...
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    Kahina (category Medieval history of Algeria)
    notably defeating Umayyad forces in the Battle of Meskiana. Afterwards, she became the uncontested ruler of the whole Maghreb region, and remained so...
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  • into Numidia. In 698, she won a victory over the Umayyads at the Battle of Meskiana, temporarily halting Hassan ibn al-Nu'man's campaign to conquer Numidia...
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  • Hassan ibn al-Nu'man (category History of Tunis)
    the Berbers at the Battle of Meskiana. There, he was dealt a heavy blow by al-Kahina, forcing him to retreat first to the vicinity of Gabes before evacuating...
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    victory at the Battle of Meskiana. Gibbon writes: Under the standard of their queen Kahina, the independent tribes acquired some degree of union and discipline;...
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  • The Battle of Vescera (modern Biskra in Algeria) was fought in 682 or 683 between the Romano-Berbers of King Caecilius and their Byzantine allies from...
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  • The Battle of al-Asnam (Arabic: معركة الأصنام) was a military engagement between the Umayyad governor of Ifriqya, Handhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi, and the...
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  • The Battle of Bagdoura or Battle of Baqdura was a decisive confrontation in the Berber Revolt in late 741 CE. It was a follow-up to the Battle of the...
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  • The Battle of the Nobles (Arabic: غزوة الأشراف, romanized: Ghazwat al-Ashraf) was an important confrontation in the Berber Revolt in c. 740 AD. It resulted...
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  • Lists of battles Before 301 301–1300 1301–1600 1601–1800 1801–1900 1901–2000 2001–current Naval Sieges See also This is a List of battles from 301 A.D...
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  • Africa during the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, with their queen Dihya defeating the Ummayad Arabs in the Battle of Meskiana, who then either committed suicide...
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  • The Battle of Mamma or the Battle of Mammes (Arabic: معركة ممس) took place in 688 between the Arab Muslim forces of the Umayyad Caliphate and the Berbers...
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    rghis and ain beida and Haractas army retreat to Meskiana. Then a big battle take place in Oued Meskiana, when a 30,000 harkatis supported by neighbor tribes...
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  • The Battle of Al-Qarn was a military engagement between the Umayyad governor of ifriqya Handhala ibn Safwan al-Kalbi and the Sufrite Berber insurgents...
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  • The Battle of Sufetula took place in either late 546 or early 547, at Sufetula in Byzacena, a province of Byzantine Empire, in what is now Tunisia during...
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  • The Battle of Thacia took place in the autumn of 545, in Thacia (now Bordj Messaoudi, in Tunisia). The Byzantine loyalists led by John the Armenian confronted...
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  • The Battle of Mammes or Battle of Mamma was an engagement between troops of the Byzantine Empire and an army of Moors in 534. The Byzantines were led...
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  • The Battle of the River Bagradas or Battle of Membresa was an engagement in 536 AD between Byzantine forces under Belisarius and rebel forces under Stotzas...
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  • The Battle of Sufetula (Arabic: معركة سبيطلة, romanized: Ma'rakat Sbeitla) took place in 647 between the Arab Muslim forces of the Rashidun Caliphate and...
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  • western Maghreb following the battles of Badgoura and of the Nobles, the Umayyads scrambled and managed to prevent the core of Ifriqiya (Tunisia, eastern...
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  • Tripolitania expedition (523) (category Battles involving the Vandals)
    expedition was a battle in 523 between various nomadic Berber ("Moor") confederations of Tripolitania led by Cabaon which previously seized lots of territory...
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