File:Abd_el-Krim,_portrait.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Abd el-Krim
Sign in to saveAlso known as Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Khaṭṭābī, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi
war leader and president of the Rif Republic from 1921 to 1926
OverviewAI-generated
Abd el-Krim, born Muhammad in Ajdir in 1882, was a male qadi, writer, translator, and politician. He held citizenship in the Sharifian Empire and the Republic of the Rif, with allegiance to the latter. His professional fields included politics and journalism, and he was educated at Al-Attarine Madrasa, the University of al-Qarawiyyin, and the University of Salamanca. He was a Muslim who attained the rank of captain general.
He participated in the Rif War, the Battle of Annual, and the Alhucemas landing. During his life, he received the Order of the Republic. He was detained on Réunion and had eleven children. Abd el-Krim died of natural causes in Cairo on February 6, 1963, and was buried there. His native name is محمد بن عبد الكريم الخطابي. He is the author of works including *Memoiren*, *Mémoires d'Abd-el-Krim*, and *Mohamed Ben Abd-el-Krim*.
Synthesized by Vinony from 27 facts across 2 sources: Wikidata, Open Library. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1882
- Died
- 1963
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Memoiren
- Mémoires d'Abd-el-Krim
- Mohamed Ben Abd-el-Krim
via Open Library + Wikidata
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Muhammad
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of the Rif
- Place of birth
- Ajdir
- Place of death
- Cairo
- Occupation
- president
- Educated at
- University of Salamanca
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- Berber
- Religion
- Islam
- Participant in
- Alhucemas landing
- Field of work
- journalism
- Conflict
- Rif War
- Military rank
- captain general
- Image
- Abb el Krim. Revista Ejército n. 962. junio 2021. p. 50.jpg
- Number of children
- 11
Show 8 more facts
- Commons category
- Abd el-Krim
- date of birth
- 1882-01-12
- date of death
- 1963-02-06
- place of detention
- Réunion
- name in native language
- محمد بن عبد الكريم الخطابي
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Cairo
- allegiance
- Republic of the Rif
via Wikidata · CC0
~17 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Mohammed ben Abdelkrim El Khattabi, better known as Abd el-Krim (12 January 1882 – 6 February 1963), was a Moroccan revolutionary, religious, political and military leader and the president of the Republic of the Rif. 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. He also became one of the major figures of Arab nationalism, which he supported during his stay in Cairo.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Abd el-Krim” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Gallery (8)
Available in 60 languages
- Español
- Français
- Deutsch
- 中文
- 日本語
- Русский
- Português
- Italiano
- العربية
- हिन्दी
- Armenian
- Asturian
- Bangla
- Basque
- Belarusian
- Breton
- Bulgarian
- Catalan
Show 41 more
- Central Kurdish
- Croatian
- Czech
- Danish
- Egyptian Arabic
- Esperanto
- Estonian
- Finnish
- Galician
- Georgian
- Hausa
- Hebrew
- Hungarian
- Kabyle
- Kazakh
- Kyrgyz
- Malayalam
- Moroccan Arabic
- Nederlands
- Norwegian
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Piedmontese
- Polski
- Romanian
- Scots
- Serbian
- Serbian (Latin)
- Slovak
- Slovenian
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight
- Svenska
- Tachelhit
- Tatar
- Türkçe
- Ukrainian
- Urdu
- Walloon
- Welsh
- Western Panjabi
- فارسی
- 한국어
via Wikidata sitelinks · CC0