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Abu Qurra
Abu Qurra was the leader of the Banu Ifran, a Zenata Berber tribe of the central Maghreb, during the Berber revolts against Arab rule. A Sufri Kharijite, he was proclaimed imam at Tlemcen around 742 and founded the first Ifranid state. He raised large armies and joined attacks on Abbasid governors in Ifriqiya, including the siege of Tubna in the 770s.
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