Cheikh Mokrani

Sheikh
Mohamed El-Mokrani
Born1815
Kalâa of Ait Abbas, Bejaia, Kingdom of Beni Abbas [now Ighil Ali, Algeria]
DiedMay 5, 1871
Taouraga, Boumerdès, French Algeria
Known forRevolution Against French Occupation

Sheikh Mohamed El-Mokrani (Arabic: الشيخ محمد المقراني‎; Kabyle: Lḥaǧ Muḥend n Ḥmed n At-Meqqran; d. 1871), also known as Mohand Amokrane, was one of the principal leaders and the namesake of the Mokrani Revolt of 1871 against the French occupation of Algeria.

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