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Algerian religious and military leader (1808–1883)

For the song, see Abdel Kader (song).

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This is a very well researched biography of Emir Abd el-Kader, the first leader to resist French colonization of Algeria.

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The Life of Abdel Kader runs to pages, covering the period from ʿAbd al-Qâdir's birth up to In it, Churchill discussed the amîr's.

The writer Jurj al-Rasi has claimed Abdelkader as the father of the modern Islamic state for his role in establishing links between Islam and.

For the Palestinian nationalist, see Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni.

Abd al-Qadir ibn Muhyi al-Din (6 September 1808 – 26 May 1883; Arabic: عبد القادر ابن محي الدينʿAbd 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 honou