Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - Ko tana tupuna tupuna a Cheikh Ali Boushaki (1795-1846) tetahi o nga hoia whakaeke ki te wikitoria French o Algeria
i tana pakanga ki Kabylia i tiimata mai i te 1837, a he hoa ia na Cheikh Mohamed ben Zamoum me Emir Abdelkader i te rohe o te Khachna massif.