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Igawawen or Gawawa,
mostly known as
Zwawa (in Kabyle: Igawawen, in Arabic: زواوة, and in Latin: Jubaleni) were a
group of
Kabyle tribes inhabiting the...
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zouaves would be a
regiment of
Berber volunteers from the
Zwawa group of
tribes in
Algeria ("
Zwawa"
being the
origin of the
French term zouave) who had gained...
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Igawawen confederacy.
Before colonization the Igawawen, also
known as
Zwawas served as
troops under the
Deylik of Algiers.
Following a coup by Ali Khodja...
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including the
Kabyle people. The term used for
Kabyles specifically was '
Zwawa' ('Izwawen' in Kabyle, 'زواوة' in Arabic). This
appellation has been used...
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levied throughout the
Beyliks of Constantine, Oran, and ****eri. The
Zwawa and
Iflissen warrior tribes of
Kabylia were also levied, and were given...
- Dey. The coup failed,
since the Dey
successfully raised an army of
Kabyle Zwawa cavalry, Arab
infantry and
Kouloughli troops. Many of the
Janissaries were...
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descended from
those refugees),
Berber tribes from the east such as the
Zwawa, and from the
Turks and ex-Ottoman
soldiers in the region.: 92–104, 153–155 : 214–215 ...
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compensate this void by
recruiting local militias from the "Koulouglis",
Zwawas and Arab tribes. The
Odjak was
initially mainly composed of foreigners,...
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during the
Invasion of
Algiers in 1830
against France, and he
commanded the
Zwawa forces during the invasion.
Several of his
family members died in battle...
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start an
attack against the
Zwawa Kabyles, and the
Kabyles of Isser. On the 17 May the
French pushed back the
Zwawas from Thénia. Meanwhile, the French...
