page_title: Emir Abdelkader
hierarchical_section_title: Emir Abdelkader
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of the Algerian Abdul Kader al Jazairi from Damascus. He fought the French in Algeria, and was defeated and imprisioned in France from 1847 to 1852. He was pardoned by Napoleon the III, and made Damascus his new home. ' Here we stop at a door thronged by Algerines in their white burnouses. They salute us, and we ascend the stairs to a reception-room , Europeanised by Abd el Kadir. Abd el Kadir is a man of middle height and muscular frame. He dresses purely in white, and is enveloped in the usual snowy burnous. He was the fourth son of the Algerine Marabout, Abd el Kadir Mahy el Din, and was born in 1807. He is now pensioned by his conquerors, and spends his days at Damascus, surrounded by a number of his faithful Algerines." MRS. RICHARD BURTON, THE INNER LIFE OF SYRIA, HENRY S. KING &amp; CO. LONDON 1875
context_page_description: Abdelkader ibn Muhieddine, known as the Emir Abdelkader or Abdelkader El Djezairi, was an Algerian religious and military leader who led a struggle against the French colonial invasion in the mid-19th century. An Islamic scholar and Sufi who unexpectedly found himself leading a military campaign, he built up a collection of Algerian tribesmen that for many years successfully held out against one of the most advanced armies in Europe. His consistent regard for what would now be called human rights, especially as regards his Christian opponents, drew widespread admiration, and a crucial intervention to save the Christian community of Damascus from a massacre in 1860 brought honours and awards from around the world. Within Algeria, his efforts to unite the country against French invaders saw him hailed as the "modern Jugurtha" and his ability to combine religious and political authority has led to his being acclaimed as the "Saint among the Princes, the Prince among the Saints".
context_section_description: Abdelkader ibn Muhieddine (6 September 1808 – 26 May 1883; Arabic: عبد القادر ابن محيي الدين‎ ʿAbd al-Qādir ibn Muḥy al-dīn), known as the Emir Abdelkader or Abdelkader El Djezairi, was an Algerian religious and military leader who led a struggle against the French colonial invasion in the mid-19th century. An Islamic scholar and Sufi who unexpectedly found himself leading a military campaign, he built up a collection of Algerian tribesmen that for many years successfully held out against one of the most advanced armies in Europe. His consistent regard for what would now be called human rights, especially as regards his Christian opponents, drew widespread admiration, and a crucial intervention to save the Christian community of Damascus from a massacre in 1860 brought honours and awards from around the world. Within Algeria, his efforts to unite the country against French invaders saw him hailed as the "modern Jugurtha" and his ability to combine religious and political authority has led to his being acclaimed as the "Saint among the Princes, the Prince among the Saints".
caption: Photographed by Étienne Carjat in 1865
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