Abdelkader ibn Muhieddine (Arabic: عبد القادر بن محي الدين (ʿAbd al-Qādir ibn Muḥyiddīn), also known as Emir Abdelkader, or Abdelkader El Djezairi (Abdelkader the Algerian), born September 6, 1808 in El Guettana, in the regency of Algiers, and died May 26, 1883 in Damascus, Syria, is an Algerian emir, religious and military leader, who led a fight against the conquest of Algeria by France in the middle of the 19th century. His father, Mahieddine, from the Qadiriyya Sufi religious brotherhood, gave his son a remarkable education in matters of religion, making him an excellent horseman and an...
عبد القادر بن محي الدين • Abd al-Qādir ibn Muḥyiddīn • Émir Abdelkader • Abdelkader El Djezairi • عـبـد الـقـادر الـجـزائـري
