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Koceila

كسيلةIn ArabicⴰⴽⵙⵉⵍIn Tifinagh

Meaning
7th-century Amazigh king who fought the Arab conquest; origin debated ('aksil', a big cat?)
About the name
Kusaila led the Awraba Berbers and other forces against the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb in the 680s: he won a major victory in 683, in which the commander Uqba ibn Nafi was killed, and he was killed in 688. In Tifinagh the name is written Aksil.
For
A boy
Origin
Amazigh
Other spellings
Aksel, Aksil, Koceïla, Kusaila, Kuseila

Islamic naming guidance

  • Permissible

Draft: not yet reviewed by a scholar. This is not a fatwa.

Good meaning, nothing against it in the sources

Ninth-century sources call him a Christian; later Muslim accounts say he converted to Islam. Wikipedia notes that the origin of the name is debated (Latin Caecilius or Berber).

Confidence: medium

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