Kingdom of Ait Abbas
| Sultanate of Ait Abbas | |||||
| Tagelda n Ait Abbas | |||||
| Kingdom Tribal confederation | |||||
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 The kingdom is noted as "Royaume de Labez" in this map, along with "Royaume de Couque" (Kingdom of Kuku). | |||||
| Capital | Kalâa of Ait Abbas | ||||
| Languages | Berber languages | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
| Political structure | Kingdom Tribal confederation | ||||
| Sultan | |||||
| • | 1510-1559 | Abdelaziz Labbes | |||
| History | |||||
| • | Established | 1510 | |||
| • | Disestablished | 1872 | |||
| Today part of |  Algeria | ||||
The Kingdom of Ait Abbas was a Kabyle kingdom founded in 1520 which ruled over much of lesser kabylia and the Soummam Valley, extending into the Sahara. It was one of 3 major Kabyle kingdoms, the others being the Kingdom of Kuku and the principality of Beni Jubar. It remain independent until the French conquest.[1]
Foundation
After the decay of the Hafsid state, several independent tribes and cities emerged.[2] According to the First Encyclopaedia of Islam,[3] the kingdom was founded by in the early XVIth by Sidi Abd-al-Rahman, a marabout with Idrisid or Hammadid origins, after being leader of the tribe of the Ait Abbas. The title of Sultan came with his son, Ahmad, who proclaimed it, he ruled between Hodna and the sea.
Wars against the Ottomans and Kuku
Initially, the Regency of Algiers and the Ait Abbas were allied under Abd-al-Aziz, mostly against common enemies such as the berber Kingdom of Kuku and Morocco, they also conquered Toggurt and Wargla[1] in a common expedition. Several years later, however, many battles and failed attempts to conquer the Kaala from the ottoman Regency of Algiers happened several times (1553, 1559, 1590, 1595[1][4]), the Kalaa always remained unconquered. There was a Spanish support to the Ait Abbas, like the 1,000 troops in 1559,[1] equipped with firearms.
List of leaders
References
- 1 2 3 4 Roberts, Hugh (2014-08-30). Berber Government: The Kabyle Polity in Pre-colonial Algeria. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9781845112516.
- ↑ Pitcher, Donald Edgar (1972-01-01). An Historical Geography of the Ottoman Empire: From Earliest Times to the End of the Sixteenth Century. Brill Archive.
- ↑ Houtsma, M. Th (1993-01-01). E. J. Brill's First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936. BRILL. ISBN 9004097902.
- ↑ New Perspectives on Turkey. Simon's Rock of Bard College. 2000-01-01.
- ↑ Histoire de l'insurrection de 1871 en Algérie-Louis Rinn-Imprimerie Jourdan, Alger, 1871-671 pages-Cote : 8-LK8-1555, à la Bibliothèque Nationale de France