Emir Abdelkader

Emir

Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri
عـبـد الـقـادر الـجـزائـري
Emir; Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri; عـبـد الـقـادر الـجـزائـري
	Photographed by Étienne Carjat in 1865
Native name	عبد القادر ابن محي الدين
Birth name	Abd al-Qadir ibn Muhyi al-Din al-Hassani
Born	6 September 1808; Guetna, Regency of Algiers
Died	26 May 1883 (aged 74); Damascus, Ottoman Syria
Buried	El Alia Cemetery
Rank	Emir
Battles / wars	French conquest of Algeria Capture of Mascara; Battle of Macta; Battle of Sig; Battle of Sidi-Brahim; ; Battle of Oued Aslaf; Battle of Agueddin
Awards	Legion of Honour (Grand Cross); Order of Pius IX; First Class of the Order of the Medjidie; Order of the Redeemer (Grand Cross)

Abd al-Qadir ibn Muhyi al-Din (6 September 1808 – 26 May 1883; Arabic: عبد القادر ابن محي الدين ʿAbd al-Qādir ibn Muḥy al-Dīn), known as the Emir Abdelkader or Abd al-Qadir al-Hassani al-Jaza'iri, was an Algerian religious and military leader who led a struggle against the French colonial invasion of Algiers in the early 19th century. As an Islamic scholar and Sufi who unexpectedly found himself leading a military campaign, he built up a collection of Algerian tribesmen that for many years successfully held out against one of the most advanced armies in Europe. His consistent regard for what would now be called human rights, especially as regards his Christian opponents, drew widespread admiration, and a crucial intervention to save the Christian community of Damascus from a massacre in 1860 brought honours and awards from around the world. Within Algeria, he was able to unite many Arab and Berber tribes to resist the spread of French colonization.^[2] His efforts to unite the country against French invaders led some French authors to describe him as a "modern Jugurtha",^[3] and his ability to combine religious and political authority has led to his being acclaimed as the "Saint among the Princes, the Prince among the Saints".^[4]

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^ Division, American University (Washington, D. C. ) Foreign Areas Studies; Army, United States (1965). U.S. Army Area Handbook for Algeria. U.S. Government Printing Office. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Brower, Benjamin Claude (1 January 2011). "The Amîr ʿAbd Al-Qâdir and the "Good War" in Algeria, 1832-1847". Studia Islamica. 106 (2): 169–195. doi:10.1163/19585705-12341257. ISSN 1958-5705. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
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[2] Division, American University (Washington, D. C. ) Foreign Areas Studies; Army, United States (1965). U.S. Army Area Handbook for Algeria. U.S. Government Printing Office. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 21 May 2024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[Brower_2011_pp._169–195-3] Brower, Benjamin Claude (1 January 2011). "The Amîr ʿAbd Al-Qâdir and the "Good War" in Algeria, 1832-1847". Studia Islamica. 106 (2): 169–195. doi:10.1163/19585705-12341257. ISSN 1958-5705. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.

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