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Bordj Menaïel
Bordj Menaïel (from the Arabic برج - bordj, "tower" and Berber ''imnayen'' "cavaliers") is a town in the Boumerdès Province in Algeria. It is located in the western Kabylie region at and is 30 km away from the city of Boumerdès. As of 2008, the population of the municipality is 64,820. Presentation Bordj Menaïel was founded by the Ottoman government of Algeria, most likely in the 16th century, to guard a route between Algiers and Constantine and to secure control of the Isser plain. In the 18th century, its military role was superseded by the foundation of Bordj Sebaou further west, but it remained the residence of the Ottoman wakil administering the surrounding farmland. The French conquest reached the fort of Bordj Menaïel in 1844, when General Bugeaud took it. Afterwards, it initially became the residence of the aghas of the Iflissen Umellil. In 1859, a French colony was created there by imperial decree, using 1718 hectares. It was enlarged through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boumerdès Province
Boumerdès ( ar, ولاية بومرداس, Kabyle: Tanebḍit n Bumerdas) is a province ('' wilaya'') of northern Algeria, located in the Kabylia region, between Algiers and Tizi-Ouzou, with its capital at the coastal city of Boumerdès (formerly Rocher-Noir) just east of Algiers. Administrative divisions It is made up of 9 districts and 32 ''communes'' or municipalities. Districts # Baghlia # Bordj Ménaïl # Boudouaou # Boumerdès # Dellys # Isser # Khemis El Khechna # Naciria # Thénia District, Thénia Communes # Aafir # Ammal # Baghlia # Ben Choud # Beni Amrane # Bordj Menaiel (Bordj Ménaïl) # Boudouaou # Boudouaou-El-Bahri # Boumerdès # Bouzegza Keddara # Chabet el Ameur # Corso, Boumerdés, Corso # Dellys # Djinet # El Kharrouba # Hammedi # Issers # Keddara # Khemis El-Khechna # Larbatache # Legata # Naciria # Ouled Aissa, Boumerdès, Ouled Aissa # Ouled Hedadj # Ouled Moussa # Si-Mustapha # Sidi Daoud # Souk El-Had # Taourga # Thenia # Tidjelabine # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isser District
Issers is a district in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. It was named after its capital, Isser. Municipalities The district is further divided into 4 municipalities: * Isser *Si Mustapha * Chabet El Ameur * Timezrit History French conquest * First Battle of the Issers (1837) Algerian Revolution Salafist terrorism * 2008 Issers bombing (19 August 2008) Zawiya * Zawiya Thaalibia Notable people * Sidi Abder Rahman El Thaelebi, Algerian Islamic scholar * Mohamed Aïchaoui, Algerian journalist and resistant against French colonization. * Raïs Hamidou Hamidou ben Ali , known as Raïs Hamidou (), or Amidon in American literature, born around 1770 in Algiers, and died on June 17, 1815, near Cape Gata off the coast of southern Spain, was an Algerian corsair. He captured up to 200 ships during hi ..., Algerian privateer. * Ali Laskri, Algerian politician. References Districts of Boumerdès Province {{Boumerdès-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Issers
Isser, formerly spelled Issers ( ar, يسر, kab, ⵉⵙⴻⵔ) is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 27,990. As of the latest census it has 32,580 residents. Isser is located on the south bank of the Isser River and near the centre of the Isser coastal plain, which stretches from Thenia to Naciria. History French conquest * First Battle of the Issers (1837) Algerian Revolution Salafist terrorism * 2008 Issers bombing (19 August 2008) Transport The road RN 12 runs through Isser, linking it with Si-Mustapha to the west and Bordj Menaïel to the east. The smaller RN 68 links it to Djinet in the north and Chabet el Ameur in the south. Zawiya * Zawiya Thaalibia Notable people * Sidi Abder Rahman El Thaelebi, Algerian Islamic scholar * Messaoud Aït Abderrahmane, Algerian footballer * Raïs Hamidou Hamidou ben Ali , known as Raïs Hamidou (), or Amidon in American literature, born around 1770 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Bordj Menaïel Bombing
The 2010 Bordj Menaïel bombing occurred on September 21, 2010 when a bomb detonated against the patrol of the Algerian police in the town of Bordj Menaïel, Boumerdès Province, Algeria killing 2 and injuring 3. The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb is suspected as being responsible. See also * Terrorist bombings in Algeria * List of terrorist incidents, 2010 This is a timeline of incidents in 2010 that have been labelled, or investigated as possible cases of "terrorism" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism). Li ... References Boumerdès Province Suicide car and truck bombings in Algeria Mass murder in 2010 Terrorist incidents in Algeria Terrorist incidents in Algeria in 2010 2010 murders in Algeria Islamic terrorism in Algeria {{terrorism-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Zemmouri Bombing
The 2008 Zemmouri bombing occurred on August 9, 2008 when a suicide bomber drove and detonated a vehicle laden with explosives into the headquarters of the Gendarmerie Nationale in the town of Zemmouri, Boumerdès Province, Algeria killing 8 and injuring 19. The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb is suspected as being responsible. See also * Terrorist bombings in Algeria * List of terrorist incidents, 2008 This is a timeline of incidents in 2008 that have been labelled as "terrorism" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism). Guidelines *To be included, en ... References Boumerdès Province Suicide car and truck bombings in Algeria Mass murder in 2008 Terrorist incidents in Algeria Terrorist incidents in Algeria in 2008 2008 murders in Algeria Islamic terrorism in Algeria {{terrorism-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Battle Of The Issers
The First Battle of the Issers in May 1837, during the French conquest of Algeria, pitted the troupes coloniales under General Perrégaux and Colonel Schauenburg against the troops of Kabylia of the ''Igawawen''. Background The ceasefire situation which presided between the Kabylia and the French colonial power in Algiers after the invasion of the troupes coloniales in 1830 suddenly changed when the Kabyle marabouts of the Rahmaniyya Sufi brotherhood rallied to Emir Abdelkader in early 1837. This is how the Emirate of Abdelkader spread to the eastern suburbs of the Casbah of Algiers and the appointment of Emir Mustapha, younger brother of Emir Abdelkader, as Bey of Titteri encouraged Algerians to plan to attack the new French colonies which extended in Mitidja after the successive massacres which occurred after the massacre of El Ouffia in 1832 and accelerated the spoliation and the sequestration of the lands and properties of the Algerians. The Kabyle response was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Expedition Of The Col Des Beni Aïcha
The Expedition of the Col des Beni Aïcha in May 1837, during the French conquest of Algeria, pitted the troupes coloniales under Colonel Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg against the troops of ''Beni Aïcha'' of the ''Igawawen''. Historical Context This expedition was started in May 1837 from Algiers to the city of Constantine via the mountain range of Khachna in Kabylia. This military reaction came after the signing of the Treaty of Tafna between General Thomas Robert Bugeaud with Emir Abdelkader in . The treaty effectively recognized the control of the Emirate of Abdelkader over a large part of the interior area of what is now Algeria. Emir Abdekader exploited this treaty to assert his power over the tribes throughout the interior of the country, building new towns far from French control with a rigorous administration. He worked especially in Kabylia and elsewhere to raise the Muslim population under French control to resist by both peaceful and military means their p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mokrani Revolt
The Mokrani Revolt ( ar, مقاومة الشيخ المقراني, lit=Resistance of Cheikh El-Mokrani; ber, Unfaq urrumi, lit=French insurrection) was the most important local uprising against France in Algeria since the conquest in 1830. The revolt broke out on March 16, 1871, with the uprising of more than 250 tribes, around a third of the population of the country. It was led by the Kabyles of the Biban mountains commanded by Cheikh Mokrani and his brother , as well as , head of the Rahmaniyya Sufi order. Background Cheikh Mokrani presentation Cheikh Mokrani (full name el-Hadj-Mohamed el-Mokrani) and his brother Boumezrag (full name Ahmed Bou-Mezrag) came from a noble family - the Ait Abbas dynasty (a branch of the Hafsids of Béjaïa), the ''Amokrane'', rulers, since the sixteenth century of the Kalâa of Ait Abbas in the Bibans and of the Medjana region. In the 1830s, their father el-Hadj-Ahmed el-Mokrani (d. 1853), had chosen to form an alliance with the French : h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Henri De Gueydon
Louis Henri, comte de Gueydon (22 November 1809 – 1 December 1886) was a vice admiral in the French Navy, and the first governor of Algeria under the Third Republic. Family De Gueydon was born in Granville, Manche. His family were nobles of Italian extraction. His son Paul de Gueydon also became a vice-admiral; his son-in-law Auguste de Penfentenyo became a counter admiral; his grandson Hervé de Penfentenyo became a vice-admiral and won the Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur. Naval career De Gueydon came third in the entrance exam for the naval school at Angoulême in 1823; he graduated first in his class. On 31 December 1830 became an ensign on the brig ''Faucon'' off the coast of Brazil. He was made governor of Martinique in 1853, and Maritime Prefect of Lorient in 1858 and Brest in 1859. In 1861 he was promoted to vice-admiral and replaced Louis Édouard Bouët-Willaumez as commander of the escadre d'évolution, for exercises). In 1863 he became vice-president of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iflissen Umellil
Iflissen is a town and commune in Tizi Ouzou Province in northern Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , relig .... References Communes of Tizi Ouzou Province Tizi Ouzou Province {{TiziOuzou-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agha (title)
Agha ( tr, ağa; ota, آغا; fa, آقا, āghā; "chief, master, lord") is an honorific title for a civilian or officer, or often part of such title. In the Ottoman times, some court functionaries and leaders of organizations like bazaar or the janissary units were entitled to the ''agha'' title. In rural communities, this term is used for people who own considerable lands and are influential in their community. Regardless of a rural community, this title is also used for any male that is influential or respected. Etymology The word ''agha'' entered English from Turkish, and the Turkish word comes from the Old Turkic ''aqa'', meaning "elder brother". It is an equivalent of Mongolian word ''aqa'' or ''aka''. Other uses "Agha" is nowadays used as a common Persian honorific title for men, the equivalent of "mister" in English.Khani, S., and R. Yousefi. "The study of address terms and their translation from Persian to English." (2014). The corresponding honorific term for w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Robert Bugeaud
Thomas Robert Bugeaud, marquis de la Piconnerie, duc d'Isly (15 October 178410 June 1849) was a Marshal of France and Governor-General of Algeria. Early life He was born at Limoges, a member of a noble family of Périgord (Occitania), the youngest of thirteen children. He ran away from home, and for some years lived in the country as an agricultural worker. At the age of twenty he became a private soldier in the ''Vélites'' of the Imperial Guard, with which he took part in the Austerlitz campaign of the following year. Early in 1806, he was given a commission, and as a Second Lieutenant he served in the Jena and Eylau campaigns, winning his promotion to the rank of lieutenant at the Battle of Pultusk. In 1808, he was in the first French corps to enter Spain, and was stationed in Madrid during the revolt of the Dos Mayo. At the Second Siege of Saragossa, he won further promotion to the rank of captain, and in 1809–1810 found opportunities for winning distinction unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
