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Author Bouyerdene, Ahmed.

Title Emir Abd el-Kader : hero and saint of Islam / Ahmed Bouyerdene ; foreword by Eric Geoffroy ; translated and Introduced by Gustavo Polit.

Imprint Bloomington, Ind. : World Wisdom, 2012.

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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  965.03 Ab31Bb 2012    ---  Available
Description xxviii, 237 p., [12] p. of plates : col. ill., map ; 24 cm.
Series The perennial philosophy series
Perennial philosophy series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The last breath -- His roots -- The warrior-saint -- A liberating ascesis -- An ethic tested by deeds -- A man of his time -- The accomplishment -- The man of unity -- Conclusion the legacy of abd el-kader.
Summary On the 23rd december 1847, after more than fifteen years of struggle, the emir Abd el-Kader puts an end to the jihâd and surrenders to the French army. He signs a reddition treaty with the general de Lamoriciere that will be ratified by the duke of Aumale. This treaty stipulates a transfer to the Orient that - however - never will be respected by the French government. The emir together with about hundred of his companions will remain emprisoned in France. First placed at Fort Lamalgue in Toulon (from January to April 1848), the Algerian prisoners are transferred afterwards to the Château Henri IV in Pau (from May to November 1848) and finally to the Château of Amboise (from November 1848 to December 1852). During this hard trial, the emir would not renounce his principles nor his will to be exiled to the Orient. And even though the majority of the public opinion is opposed to liberation, the public debate turns around the legality or illegality of maintained captivity. The destiny given to the former enemy constitutes nevertheless a State affair that the political crisis touching France at that very moment relegates to the second plan. Some French and foreign voices come up to claim the liberation of the emir. Charles Eynard, a Genevan and Protestant citizen, engages closer contact with the Algerian chief and adopts his cause. He is more particularly the creator of an "abdelkaderian" committee. of liberating the "illustrious captive". On the 16th October 1852, on his way back from a electoral tour, the future emperor himself goes to Amboise to announce his liberation to the emir. Passing briefly over in Paris and Lyon, Abd el-Kader and about fifty of his companions embark for Turkey on the 21st December.
Subject `Abd al-Qadir ibn Muhyi al-Din, Amir of Mascara, 1807?-1883.
Algeria -- History -- 1830-1962.
Statesmen -- Algeria -- Biography.
Soldiers -- Algeria -- Biography.
Muslim saints -- Algeria -- Biography.
Added Author Geoffroy, Eric.
Polit, Gustavo.
ISBN 9781936597178 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1936597179 (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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