The Iron Gates ( ar, البيبان, known in French as ''Défilé des Bibans'' or ''Porte de Fer'') are a
mountain pass
A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge. Since many of the world's mountain ranges have presented formidable barriers to travel, passes have played a key role in trade, war, and both Human migration, human a ...
in the
Bibans
The Bibans or Biban Range ( ar, البيبان, Kabylian: ''Tiggoura'', french: Chaîne des Bibans or ''Les Bibans'') are a chain of mountains in northern Algeria, bordering the south of Kabylie.
Geography
The highest summits are 1862 m high Man ...
in
Algeria
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. They gave their name to the Biban Range.
History
An 1839 French expedition under the
duc d'Orléans disregarded the clauses of the 1837
Treaty of Tafna
The Treaty of Tafna was signed by both Abd-el-Kader and General Thomas Robert Bugeaud on 30 May 1837. This agreement was developed after French imperial forces sustained heavy losses and military reversals in Algeria. The terms of the treaty ent ...
with emir
Abd el-Kader
Abd al-Qadir or Abdulkadir ( ar, عبد القادر) is a male Muslim given name. It is formed from the Arabic words '' Abd'', '' al-'' and '' Qadir''. The name means "servant of the powerful", ''Al-Qādir'' being one of the names of God in th ...
by passing through them, reigniting the war between them.
Charles Nodier, ''Journal de l'Expédition des Portes de Fer''
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References
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Mountain passes of Algeria
Atlas Mountains