Kuku

Kuku was a Kabyle kingdom in the mountains of northern Algeria, based at Koukou and ruled by the Ath l-Qadi family.

Around 1515 Ahmed ou el Kadhi founded Kuku. He defeated Hayreddin Barbarossa at Issers in 1519 and captured Algiers in 1520, holding it until 1527. Kuku joined Charles V's failed expedition in 1541. In 1618 Si Amar was killed by his brother Mohamed; a succession war followed Si Ahmed Atounsi’s death in 1696.