Abu Qurra
Ifranid dynasty member
Abu Qurra (Arabic: أبو قرة) a member of the Sufrite tribe Banu Ifran of Tlemcen, was the founder of the indigenous Berber Muslim movement with Kharijite tendencies in North Africa after the overthrow of the Umayyad dynasty.
Between 767 and 776, Abu Qurra organised an army of more than 350,000 riders in the north of Africa. He was the first head of state of the Berber Muslim Maghreb. Ibn Khaldun described him in his book Kitab El Ibar. Abu Qurra is known as the founder of Tlemcen during his reign on the Sufri kingdom (776-778).
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