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Emirate of Abdelkader إمارة معسكر (Arabic) | |||||||||
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1832–1847 | |||||||||
Motto: "النَّصْرُ مِنَ اللَّه وَالْفَتْح قَرِيب" "Victory from Allah and reconquest is near" Military motto "لَا شَيْء أَكْثَرُ فَائِدَة مِنْ التَّقْوَى وَالشَّجَاعَةَ" "Nothing is more beneficial than piety and courage" | |||||||||
Capital | Mascara (1832–1835) Tagdemt (1835–1847) [1] | ||||||||
Common languages | Arabic (official, government, religious, literature), Berber languages | ||||||||
Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
Government | Shura | ||||||||
Emir | |||||||||
• 1832–1847 | Abd al-Qadir al-Jazairi | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 27 November 1832 | ||||||||
26 February 1834 | |||||||||
30 May 1837 | |||||||||
• Surrender of Abd al-Qadir | 23 December 1847 | ||||||||
Currency | Muhmadiyya[2] | ||||||||
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Today part of | Algeria |
History of Algeria |
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The Emirate of Mascara, Emirate of Abd al-Qadir, was a sovereign country founded by Abd al-Qadir al-Jazairi with the allegiance of the people of Algeria to resist the French conquest of Algeria with its first capital at Mascara then Tagdemt after it was taken by France.[3]