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1833-40 Ruler 'Aisha of Tuggurt
She was ruler of a Berber state in the south of the country.

1854 Rebellion Leader Lalla Fatma n'Soumer of the Djurdjura
Her real name was Fatma Sid Ahmed. During a battle, led by Mohamed El Amdjed Ibn Abdelmalek (nicknamed Boubaghla), who almost gave the French troops the advantage, she, heading an army of men and women, took control and led her people to victory. Even after the fall of Azazga and the ferocious repression by Randon’s troops, she mobilized the population and led more battles. In 1857 during another fight she directed the fight and encouraged the volunteers who remained. The battle was lost and she was later imprisoned. She lived (1830-63).

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