Khalid ibn Hamid al-Zanati
Khalid ibn Hamid al-Zanati (Arabic: خالد بن حامد الزناتي) was a Zenata Berber chieftain and military commander who led Berber forces against the Umayyads during the Berber Revolt in the 740s in the Maghreb. After the original revolt leader Maysara al-Matghari was deposed and executed by fellow rebels in 740, Khalid was elected to take his place. He led the Berber armies to two major victories over the Umayyad authorities: the Battle of the Nobles in late 740, where his forces defeated an Arab army from Ifriqiya, and the Battle of Bagdoura in October 741, where they defeated a combined Ifriqiyan-Syrian force near the Sebou River (near modern Fez) and killed the new Ifriqiyan governor Kulthum ibn Iyad al-Qasi. The revolt continued for a short time afterward under different leaders.
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