Emir Mustapha

Emir

Mustapha El Djezaïri
مصطفى الـجـزائـري
Native name
مصطفى ابن محيي الدين
Birth nameMustafa ibn Muhieddine al-Hasani
Born1814
Guetna, Regency of Algiers
Died1863
Morocco
AllegianceEmirate of Abdelkader
RankEmir, Caliph, Bey
Battles / wars

Mustapha ibn Muhieddine (18141863; Arabic: مصطفى ابن محيي الدين Mustafa ibn Muḥy al-dīn), known as Emir Mustapha, Sidi Moustafa, Moustafa El Hassani El Djazairi, was an Algerian religious and military leader who led a struggle against the French colonial invasion in the mid-19th century with his brother, Emir Abdelkader.