Idrisid dynasty
Abdelkader was born near the town of Mascara in 1808, to a family of religious belief. His father, Muhieddine (or "Muhyi al-Din") al-Hasani, was a muqaddam in a religious institution affiliated with the Qadiriyya tariqa of Islam and claimed descendence from Muhammad, through the Idrisid dynasty. Abdelkader was thus a "sharif", and entitled to add the honorary patronymic "al-Hasani" ("descendant of Hasan ibn Ali") to his name.