Emirate of Abdelkader
Emirate of Mascara إمارة معسكر (Arabic) | |||||||||
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| 1832–1847 | |||||||||
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| 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 Abdelkader in 1839 | |||||||||
| Capital | Mascara (1832–1835) Tagdemt (1835–1847) | ||||||||
| Official languages | Arabic | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Shura | ||||||||
| Emir | |||||||||
• 1832–1847 | Emir Abdelkader | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 27 November 1832 | ||||||||
| 26 February 1834 | |||||||||
| 30 May 1837 | |||||||||
• Surrender of Abdelkader | 23 December 1847 | ||||||||
| Currency | Muhmadiyya | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Algeria | ||||||||
| History of Algeria |
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The Emirate of Mascara, commonly known as the Emirate of Abdelkader, was a sovereign country founded by Emir Abdelkader 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.