Abdelkader
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History
- Subcategories: Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Empires, Dynasties, Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots, Ottoman Empire
- Curriculum: African History, Middle Eastern History
Article abstract: After the French landed in Algiers in 1830, Abdelkader carved a semiautonomous state out of the remnants of the former Turkish possessions in Algeria. He achieved lasting fame for his various campaigns against the French, whom he fought until his surrender in 1847.
Early Life
The first son of Zurah, the second wife of the Islamic holy man Muhi al-Din, who traced his ancestry as far back as the prophet Muhammad, Abdelkader was born on September 6, 1808, in the small town of Guetna, near Mascara in modern Algeria. There his grandfather...
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