EMIR ABDELKADER: ALGERIAN MILITARY RESISTANCE AND STATESMAN (1832-1847)

Abstract : During the nineteenth century, Algeria witnessed military resistance against the French occupation since 1830, starting with an official resistance by the Algerian regime led by Dey Hussein, which did not last long and ended with the fall of the Algerian capital on 5 July 1830, then the resistance of Haj Ahmed Bey in eastern Algeria, the latter considered himself the successor of Dey Hussein, then popular resistance began, the most important of which was the resistance of Prince Abdelkader bin Muhyiddin, this resistance began at the level of western Algeria in 1832 and expanded to cover the national level, and continued until 1847, and our article comes to highlight the personality of Prince Abdelkader and the facts of this resistance, and then to what extent it was able to counter French colonisation. Keywords: Military resistance, Emir Abdelkader, French colonisation, Treaty de Michel, Treaty of Tavna, General Vallee, General Bijou.