Abdelkader El Djezairi
1808 – 1883 · aged 75
Algerian religious and military leader (1808–1883)
- Born
- 6 Sept 1808 · Guittena
- Died
- 26 May 1883 · Damascus
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 6 Sept 1808BornBorn in Guittena
- 1832 – 1847RoleAmir
- 1835WarBattle of l'Habrah
- 1835WarBattle of Macta
- 1836WarBattle of Sikkak
- 1839WarBattle of Oued El Alleug
- 1840WarBattle of Ammal
- 1840WarBattle of Mazagran
- 1842WarBattle of Beni Mered
- 1843WarBattle of the Smala
- 1844WarBattle of Tadamait
- 1844WarSecond Assault of Dellys
- 1845WarBattle of Sidi-Brahim
- 1845WarBattle of Tizi Ouzou
- 1846War1846 Battle of the Col des Beni Aïcha
- 1847WarBattle of Oued Aslaf
- 1860AwardGrand Cross of the Legion of Honour
- 26 May 1883DiedDied in Damascus
Loading from Wikipedia and Wikidata…
Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1808 – 1883).
- 1812 – 1815War of 1812
- 1814 – 1815Congress of Vienna
- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
Biography
Abd al-Qadir ibn Muhyi al-Din (between 1806 and 1808 – 26 May 1883; Arabic: عبد القادر ابن محي الدين, romanized: ʿAbd al-Qādir ibn Muḥy al-Dīn), known as Emir Abdelkader or ʿAbd al-Qadir al-Hasani al-Jazaʾiri, was an Algerian religious and military leader who led a struggle against the French colonial invasion of Algiers from 1831 to 1847.
As an Islamic scholar and Sufi who unexpectedly found himself leading a military campaign, he assembled a coalition of Algerian tribes that resisted one of the most powerful armies in Europe for 17 years. His treatment of prisoners and civilians has often been cited as an early example of humanitarian conduct in warfare, particularly by his Christian opponents.
After his surrender in 1847, he was detained in France for almost five years before being released by Napoleon III and taken to Bursa. Two years later, in 1855, he settled in Damascus. In 1860, his intervention to halt the massacre of the Christian community in Damascus earned him honours and awards from several countries. It was also in Damascus that he wrote his major work, the Kitab al-Mawaqif (the "Book of Halts").
Text from the Wikipedia article Emir Abdelkader, CC BY-SA 4.0
About this information
Dates and life events come from this person’s Wikidata entry.
We only show events that the sources give a date for. Anything without a date is left out rather than guessed.