Emirate of Abdelkader
Emirate of Abdelkader | |||||||||
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| 1832–1847 | |||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||
| Capital | Mascara (1832–1835) Tagdemt (1835–1847) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Arabic (official, government, religious, literature), Berber languages | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Shura | ||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| Currency | Muhmadiyya | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Algeria | ||||||||
| History of Algeria |
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The Emirate of Mascara or 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.