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Abd al-Qadir
(Sept. 06, 1808 - May 26, 1883)
Abd al-Qadir was an Algerian Islamic scholar, Sufi, political and military leader who led a struggle against the French invasion in the mid-nineteenth century, for which he is seen by the Algerians as their national hero. The Chambers Biographical Dictionary gives his year of birth as 1807.
Abd al-Qadir was an Algerian Islamic scholar, Sufi, political and military leader who led a struggle against the French invasion in the mid-nineteenth century, for which he is seen by the Algerians as their national hero. The Chambers Biographical Dictionary gives his year of birth as 1807.
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