Abd-el-Kadir

Abd-el-Kadir (1807-1883), an Arab emir, who for fifteen years waged war against the French in N. Africa, but at length surrendered prisoner to them in 1847. On his release in 1852 he became a faithful friend of France.

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Abd-ul-Medjid, Abdallah, Abdalrahman, Abdals, Abdera