BENNACER BEN CHOHRA 1804-1884
Bennacer Ben Chohra Ben Ferhat, born in 1804 in the village El-Mekhrag (South of Laghouat) from the Arch of Ouled Si Aïssa of the Ma'amra tribe linked to the great Arba'a tribe. He learned the Koran since his childhood, then he received teaching in the basics of Islamic jurisprudence from the Leader of the “El-Kadiria” Current Ahmed Echaoui de Laghouat.
After the occupation of Algeria, Bennacer Ben Chohra joined the ranks of the Army of Emir Abdelkader where he received military training in which he became one of his best horsemen. At the end of the Emir's resistance, he led a revolt in the Algerian Sahara against the French presence at the beginning of 1851, then he allied himself with Mohamed Ben Abdellah. He settled in Laghouat until it fell into the hands of the French in 1852. After the Fall of Ouargla in 1853, he took refuge in Tunisia, then returned to Algeria where he engaged in the famous battle of Makarine in November 1854 he retired to Tunisia.
As soon as the Ouled Sidi Cheikh revolt broke out in 1864, he joined the Bouchoucha revolt in 1869, in 1871, he joined the El Mokrani revolt from the east of the Algerian Sahara. With the arrest of Boumezrag El Mokrani in January 1872, Bennacer Ben Chohra headed once again towards Tunisia from where he launched attacks against the French and their collaborators from the Djérid region.
on June 2, 1875 he left in the company of Sheikh Mohamed El Keblouti in the direction of Beirut, then Damascus, where he remained until his death in 1884, after having put up resistance for more than 24 years.
After the occupation of Algeria, Bennacer Ben Chohra joined the ranks of the Army of Emir Abdelkader where he received military training in which he became one of his best horsemen. At the end of the Emir's resistance, he led a revolt in the Algerian Sahara against the French presence at the beginning of 1851, then he allied himself with Mohamed Ben Abdellah. He settled in Laghouat until it fell into the hands of the French in 1852. After the Fall of Ouargla in 1853, he took refuge in Tunisia, then returned to Algeria where he engaged in the famous battle of Makarine in November 1854 he retired to Tunisia.
As soon as the Ouled Sidi Cheikh revolt broke out in 1864, he joined the Bouchoucha revolt in 1869, in 1871, he joined the El Mokrani revolt from the east of the Algerian Sahara. With the arrest of Boumezrag El Mokrani in January 1872, Bennacer Ben Chohra headed once again towards Tunisia from where he launched attacks against the French and their collaborators from the Djérid region.
on June 2, 1875 he left in the company of Sheikh Mohamed El Keblouti in the direction of Beirut, then Damascus, where he remained until his death in 1884, after having put up resistance for more than 24 years.