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Ahmed Belkadi

d. 1527 · 16th century · Also known as Ahmed ibn al-Qadi

Ahmed Belkadi was a Kabyle leader from a family of judges who founded the Kingdom of Kuku in the Djurdjura mountains around 1515. Allying at first with the Barbarossa brothers and then turning against them, he defeated Hayreddin Barbarossa in 1520 and held Algiers for several years until Hayreddin retook it and he was killed in 1527.

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Kingdom of Kuku

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ahmed Belkadi. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ahmed-belkadi
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