Maysara
Berber leader
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history of North Africa
- In North Africa: Khārijite Berber resistance to Arab rule
…leader was a Berber called Maysara who had come to Kairouan under the influence of the Ṣufriyyah, the extremist branch of the Khārijite sect. The Berber rebels achieved an astounding military success against the Arab army. By 742 they had taken control of the whole of Algeria and were threatening…
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