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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...
- 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...
- including the Kabyle people. The term used for Kabyles specifically was 'Zwawa' ('Izwawen' in Kabyle, 'زواوة' in Arabic). This appellation has been used...
- the Igawawen confederacy. Before colonization the Igawawen, also known as Zwawas served as troops under the Deylik of Algiers. Following a coup by Ali Khodja...
- were 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...
- 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 ...
- compensate this void by recruiting local militias from the "Koulouglis", Zwawas and Arab tribes. The Odjak was initially mainly composed of foreigners....
- ended with catastrophic results for Charles V. In 1542, he besieged the Zwawa tribe, who had supplied Charles V with 2,000 troops. Upon the retirement...
- 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...