160° Ann. of the Birth of Emir Abd-El-Kader
Emir Abdelkader is considered the first founder of the Algerian nation. Driven by his faith in God and his conviction that the jihad against the French occupier can only be waged and won by the union of all Muslims, he made great efforts to unify all the tribes around a single slogan: nationalism and the Muslim faith.
Rural, mountainous and Saharan areas were made up of tribes, cities and ports were often occupied by foreign forces through invasions and political treaties.
From 1832 to 1839, he took it upon himself to unify, under his command, all the tribes of western Algeria, from Titteri (Médéa) to the Moroccan borders, which put him in a strong position when negotiating the Treaty of Tafna in 1834.
This would ratify the official recognition by the French colonizer of an Algerian nation of which Emir Abdelkader was considered the interlocutor. During the two years of truce which followed the signing of this treaty, the Emir traveled the rest of the country to ally himself with other tribes in order to consolidate the struggle.
The leaders of the South rallied to his authority with conviction, seduced by his piety and his unitary vision. The few reluctant tribes were forcibly subjugated and even forced to pay tithes as part of the war effort.
The South-Constantinos also rallied to the authority of Emir Abdelkader. Even the tribes of Kabylia, who preferred autonomous resistance, agreed to cooperate with its representative.
It was therefore in a position of strength that he resumed the fight in 1839 after the violation by the French of the Treaty of Tafna, so that with his arrest, France was aware of having neutralized the founder of the Algerian nation.
Rural, mountainous and Saharan areas were made up of tribes, cities and ports were often occupied by foreign forces through invasions and political treaties.
From 1832 to 1839, he took it upon himself to unify, under his command, all the tribes of western Algeria, from Titteri (Médéa) to the Moroccan borders, which put him in a strong position when negotiating the Treaty of Tafna in 1834.
This would ratify the official recognition by the French colonizer of an Algerian nation of which Emir Abdelkader was considered the interlocutor. During the two years of truce which followed the signing of this treaty, the Emir traveled the rest of the country to ally himself with other tribes in order to consolidate the struggle.
The leaders of the South rallied to his authority with conviction, seduced by his piety and his unitary vision. The few reluctant tribes were forcibly subjugated and even forced to pay tithes as part of the war effort.
The South-Constantinos also rallied to the authority of Emir Abdelkader. Even the tribes of Kabylia, who preferred autonomous resistance, agreed to cooperate with its representative.
It was therefore in a position of strength that he resumed the fight in 1839 after the violation by the French of the Treaty of Tafna, so that with his arrest, France was aware of having neutralized the founder of the Algerian nation.