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Emir Abdelkader

1808 - 1883

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emir Abdelkader is the 1,648th most popular politician (down from 1,242nd in 2019), the 15th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 12th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Algerian Politician.

Abdelkader was a Muslim sheikh who led an anti-colonial resistance movement against the French in the Algerian War of Independence.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Emir Abdelkader ranks 1,648 out of 19,576. Before him are Polycrates, Jeongjong of Joseon, Psamtik I, Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Theodore I Laskaris, and Frances Cleveland. After him are Michel Temer, Michael II, Ludwig III of Bavaria, John Sigismund Zápolya, Majorian, and Coloman, King of Hungary.

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Among people born in 1808, Emir Abdelkader ranks 10. Before him are Andrew Johnson, Patrice de MacMahon, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria, Antonio Meucci, Jefferson Davis, and Frederick VII of Denmark. After him are Gérard de Nerval, Johann Gustav Droysen, David Strauss, Maria Malibran, Carl Spitzweg, and Mohammad Shah Qajar. Among people deceased in 1883, Emir Abdelkader ranks 6. Before him are Karl Marx, Richard Wagner, Édouard Manet, Ivan Turgenev, and Gustave Doré. After him are Henri, Count of Chambord, Dayananda Saraswati, Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Midhat Pasha, Charles II, Duke of Parma, and Joseph Plateau.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Emir Abdelkader ranks 15 out of 213. Before him are Saint Monica (332), Louis Althusser (1918), Édouard-Henri Avril (1849), Ahmed Ben Bella (1916), Abdelmadjid Tebboune (1945), and Juba II (-52). After him are Dihya (700), Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (1898), Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (1933), Juba I of Numidia (-85), Houari Boumédiène (1932), and Martianus Capella (360).

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Among POLITICIANS In Algeria

Among politicians born in Algeria, Emir Abdelkader ranks 6. Before him are Macrinus (164), Jugurtha (-160), Ahmed Ben Bella (1916), Abdelmadjid Tebboune (1945), and Juba II (-52). After him are Dihya (700), Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (1898), Juba I of Numidia (-85), Houari Boumédiène (1932), Ferhat Abbas (1899), and Abd al-Mu'min (1094).

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