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Abd el-Krim

Muhammad ibn Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi (Arabic: محمد بن عبد الكريم الخطابي), better known as Abd el-Krim (Arabic: عبد الكريم; 1882 or 1883 – 6 February 1963), was a Moroccan political and military leader and the president of the Republic of the Rif.[3][4] He and his brother M'Hammad led a large-scale revolt by a coalition of Riffian tribes against the Spanish and French Protectorates of the Rif and the rest of Morocco. His guerrilla tactics, which included the first-ever use of tunneling as a technique of modern warfare, directly influenced Ho Chi Minh, Mao Zedong and Che Guevara.[5][6] He also became one of the major figures of Arab nationalism, which he actively supported.[7]

For other uses, see Abdul Karim.

Abd el-Krim

Hajj Hatmi

Position established

Position abolished

c. 1882 (1882)
Ajdir, Morocco[1]

February 6, 1963(1963-02-06) (aged 80–81)
Cairo, Egypt[2]

Lalla Mimouna Boujibar

1921–1926

Death

He died in 1963, just after he had seen his hopes of a Maghreb independent of colonial powers completed by the independence of Algeria.[25]

Family

Abd el-Krim had 6 sons and 5 daughters from two different women.[36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45]


On 20 September 2023, Aicha El Khattabi, the daughter of the late Mohamed Ben Abdelkrim El Khattabi, passed away at the age of 81 in Casablanca.[46][47] Her funeral took place 2 days later on a Friday, which was attended by Prince Moulay Rachid.[48] The body of the deceased was buried in the Errahma cemetery, after the Dhuhr and funeral prayers.[49]

 

La Porte, Pablo (2017). . Hispania Nova. 15. Getafe: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid: 500–526. doi:10.20318/hn.2017.3499. ISSN 1138-7319.

"La espiral irresistible: la Gran Guerra y el Protectorado español en Marruecos"

Sánchez Pérez, Andrés (1973). (PDF). Revista de Historia Militar. XVII (34). Madrid: Ministerio de Defensa: 123–158. ISSN 0482-5748.

"Adbelkrim"

The Notes of the Rif Revolt

The Republic of the Rif

Biography of Abd el-Krim in tha mazight (Rif)

Next publication of Abd el-Krim's biography in base of official Spanish documents

in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW

Newspaper clippings about Abd el-Krim

Media related to Abd el-Krim at Wikimedia Commons