Emirate of Abdelkader

Emirate of Abdelkader
إمارة معسكر (Arabic)
1832–1847
Seal of Emirate of Abdelkader
Seal
Motto: "النَّصْرُ مِنَ اللَّه وَالْفَتْح قَرِيب"
"Victory from Allah and reconquest is near"
Military motto
"لَا شَيْء أَكْثَرُ فَائِدَة مِنْ التَّقْوَى وَالشَّجَاعَةَ"
"Nothing is more beneficial than piety and courage"
Territories controlled by Emir Abd al-Qadir in 1839
Territories controlled by Emir Abd al-Qadir in 1839
CapitalMascara (1832–1835)
Tagdemt (1835–1847) [1]
Common languagesArabic (official, government, religious, literature), Berber languages
Religion
Sunni Islam
GovernmentShura
Emir 
• 1832–1847
Abd al-Qadir al-Jazairi
History 
• Established
27 November 1832
26 February 1834
30 May 1837
• Surrender of Abd al-Qadir
23 December 1847
CurrencyMuhmadiyya[2]
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Regency of Algiers
French Algeria
Today part ofAlgeria

The Emirate of Mascara, Emirate of Abd al-Qadir, was a sovereign country founded by Abd al-Qadir al-Jazairi with the allegiance of the people of Algeria to resist the French conquest of Algeria with its first capital at Mascara then Tagdemt after it was taken by France.[3]

  1. ^ a et b Mahfoud Kaddache, L’Algérie des Algériens, de la Préhistoire à 1954, EDIF, 2000, p. 603
  2. ^ Emir Abd El-Kader: Hero and Saint of Islam, A liberating Ascensis, p57 (read online)
  3. ^ Sedgwick, Mark (2016-10-18). Western Sufism: From the Abbasids to the New Age. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-997766-6.

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