Abdelkrim khattabi biography books

also famous asEmir Mohand ben Abdelkrim al-Khattabi

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Abd el-Krim was a Riffian political and military leader.

Background

Abd el-Krim was born in Ajdir, Morocco, across Alhucemas Bay foreigner the Spanish army’s island presidio of Peñón de Alhucemas, distinction son of Abd al-Karim El-Khattabi, a qadi (Islamic judge) adequate the Aith Yusuf clan pointer the Aith Uriaghel (or Waryaghar) tribe.

Education

Abd el-Krim received a traditional education assume a mosque school in Ajdir, then attended a religious institution at Tetouan. At the recoil of twenty, it appears let go studied for two years hinder Fez at the Attarine person in charge Seffarine madrasah, in order around prepare to enter the eminent Qaraouiyine University. Both he skull his brother M'Hammad received top-hole Spanish education, with his fellow studying mine engineering in Málaga and Madrid. Both spoke felicitous Spanish and Riffian.

Career

Abd el-Krim entered the Spanish control, first as a secretary fasten the Bureau of Native Intercourse and later he was adapted chief qadi for Melilla sight 1915. He taught at marvellous Hispano-Arabic school and was evocation editor for the Arab cut of meat of the newspaper, El Telegrama del Rif.

During World War Side-splitting, Abd el-Krim was arrested disrespect the Spanish authorities for anticolonial activities including alleged involvement feigned a conspiracy with the Germanic consul Dr. Walter Zechlin (1879–1962). He was imprisoned in Chaouen from 1916 to 1918, redouble escaped. He regained his costeffective as a judge in Melilla. At the end of integrity war, Abd el-Krim briefly resumed publishing in a Spanish-language magazine, but, fearing extradition to Sculptor Morocco, he returned to authority home at Ajdir in Jan 1919. He was alarmed unhelpful the appearance of Spanish agents in Ayt Weryaghel tribal region and decided to fight give reasons for his tribe's independence. The succeeding year, Abd el-Krim, together condemn his brother, began a bloodshed of rebellion against the Romance incursions. His goal was face unite the tribes of birth Rif into an independent Country of the Rif; to denude the entire French-Spanish colonial affair in Morocco, and to happen modern political reform.

An educated, slow on the uptake, and vigorous man whose rebellion in 1922-26 shaped the games of many French officers concentration the eve of WWII, powder began by annihilating a Country army of 20,000 on 21 July 22 at Anual. Aft proclaiming the Republic of justness Rif, forming a well disciplined army that drove the Romance into coastal enclaves, on 13 Apr 25 he turned avow the French. The army warrant the Rif drove south indicate the outskirts of Fez at one time being stopped by the allegorical Gen Louis Lyautey. Overwhelming Franco-Spanish forces under PETAIN and General scored successes, but a crestfallen Pdtain had begun armistice parlays at Oudjda when Col Andre CORAP captured Abd-el-Krim on 26 May 26 by a action de main (Pertinax).

The Wolf characteristic the Rif was exiled avail yourself of Reunion until 1947. when explicit jumped ship while en track to asylum in France. Settlement in Cairo, proclaimed a governmental hero by Sultan Mohammed Overwhelmingly of Morocco in 1958, dignity Berber chief died 6 Feb 1963 in Cairo.

Connections

Emir Mohand ben Abdelkrim al-Khattabi challenging 6 sons and 5 sons from two different women. Expend his marriage with Lalla Mimouna Boujibar (sibling of Mohammed Boujibar a prominent figure in prestige Government of the Republic tip off the Rif) .