Emir Abdelkader & The French Conquest Of Algeria

A life of study, war, betrayal, and global admiration.
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[@LaMass_]

The fact he helped and protected Christians who were being massacred in Syria when he was exiled shows a true sign of a MAN OF THE PEOPLE ♥️

[@isahazizi9900]

Emir was a man of God first and foremost as a Sufi Sunni Muslim being a man of the people was merely the result of that.

[@HikmaHistory]

Great job dude! Abdelkader was so unique and epic, it required such a long video!

[@StoicHistorian]

Thank you! Yes quite the anomaly to have this good of ethics, especially for a warrior

[@REALDEALMMA91]

Love both of your channels guys

[@harounbarrijal6330]

​@@StoicHistorian love your videos man, do one about abdel karim el khattabi !

[@houssembensafi9303]

Emir Abdelkader is a man of legendary repute, as an Algerian I appreciate you sharing him even if there must have been much cultural and linguistic differences to him. His unvarying humanity and poised mind are all what we look up to as Algerians. Much love ❤️ 🇩🇿.

[@StoicHistorian]

Thank you and I’d have to agree with you

[@GhostCountries]

Great video! Personally, I've always found Algeria's 🇩🇿 history and that of North Africa, more generally, quite interesting.

[@StoicHistorian]

Yeah it is unique and quite understudied as well

[@malikialgeriankabyleswag4200]

You should read his Book, some of it was translated into a pamphlet called 'The Spiritual Writings of Emir Abdelkader'. He has an Essay called 'On resistance against evils' which sounds like something from an Epictetus or Seneca piece. He talks about physically resisting the evil by hand, without considering yourself in competition with it, and recognizing that ignorance is the only cause for this enemy of yours to have become a conduit of evil, in other words don't take it personally, even if you're in literal mortal combat with your enemy. You shouldn't hate him, or consider yourself in competition, and that's how you avoid 'the abyss staring back at you' or becoming the monster you fight against.

[@StoicHistorian]

I’ve never read his book but the KZbin channel religion for breakfast has a small reading of it and it sounds great from what I’ve heard. The man was simply a great philosophical mind on top of being a great military mind. Surely one of the last great philosopher kings

[@malikialgeriankabyleswag4200]

@@StoicHistorian Also "Let's Talk Religion" does a great video on him. I've always found Stoic principles very compatible with Islam from forbearance of suffering, to not identifying only with the body (Although the Stoa is much more dualistic, in Islam the Body is not as seperated from the Soul as Marcus Aurelius would suggest for example).. But I do love the Stoics.. Respect to you for your good work

[@StoicHistorian]

@@malikialgeriankabyleswag4200 I do see what you mean with that comparison, thanks for watching my guy and nice profile picture just realized who it was

[@AbdulAli-ku9he]

Amir Abdulkader and Imam Shamil are toe honorable people.

[@yrobtsvt]

I really appreciate how you opened this describing Emir Abdelkader's childhood and early motivations. Really helps us understand the worldview he was raised with and how it influenced his military and political decisions.

[@StoicHistorian]

Thank you!! And yeah the only proper way to do Abdelkader justice was to get the whole story!

[@beachboy0505]

Brilliant video Brilliant story 👏 Why doesn't the world know this great story ? A hero of Algeria 🇩🇿 A hero of France 🇫🇷 Written by a Churchill A town in the USA 🇺🇸 A racehorse from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@StoicHistorian]

Thank you!!!

[@algerianchaouki5705]

One mistake though, by the time France arrived, Algeria was independent from the Ottomans for quite a while, The Deys were usually elected by the Algerine Diwan and the party of Corsairs, an evidence of this independence can be found in archives and correspondance of European statesman, for example, Edmund Burke in in The beauties of the late Right Hon. Vol 1 Published in 1798 compared the Republic of France to the Republic of Algiers. Page 97. Or, the testimony of the French diplomat Jean-Baptiste Michel Guyot de Kercy who wrote on the 25th of June, 1783 "that the Emperor Joseph II seeks to obtain peace with the Regency through the intermediary of the Porte, which perhaps does not want to answer him that it has no authority over Algiers... The Regency enjoys complete independence for about 240 years" source from the French archives: Affaires étrangères. Correspondance reçue du consulat d'Alger (1642 -1792) Page 6) Also, Algeria officially recognized the US in 1795, while the Ottoman empire didn't until 1830.

[@alistairjakobsson1506]

I would strongly recommend you listening to Dr. Timothy Winters/Abdul Hakim Murad ans his historical biographies of notable Muslim personalities. I think you will find them very informative and interesting, his work on Imam Shamil being an excellent one.

[@StoicHistorian]

ah i did watch the one on Imam Shamil about a year ago, it was very interesting, he is a great teacher

[@zakaryachaoui7985]

I still feel "the vibes" whenever I'm passing by the place where he was given (albaïaa) the power by his people, history was made there !

[@sherirobinson6867]

I'm enjoying the information and education I'm getting from this channel. For the life of me I cannot understand your low subscription. Stoic history is a treasure chest of historic value.

[@StoicHistorian]

Thank you!

[@yiquanawalkb4run26]

This is such timely and wonderful presentation, it was the letter ‘wow’ chapter 2 of the Futuhat of ibn ‘Arabi that brought me to the name of Emir Abdal Qadir, thank you

[@Kkinder-zy4ui]

Brilliant video, first of yours I’ve watched. Watched it twice! Thanks.

[@StoicHistorian]

Thank you!!

[@LucianLacroix]

The song brought me here.

[@wassimouch1390]

Long live Algeria 🇩🇿

[@saintmichelarchange2094]

Thank you "it's the Man of all Seasons". He is the founder of the Geneva Convention. By signing the Tafna Treaty he prevented the bloody and cruel killing of his people.

[@augustinfresnel3768]

Abdelkader is a french hero (decored by France)

[@user-np1bp6hs9e]

الشهيد الأمير عبد القدر الجزائري مؤسس الدولة الجزائرية الحديثة

[@harounbarrijal6330]

More North African History !! Great video, can you do one about Abdel karim El khattabi from morocco ?

[@StoicHistorian]

Yes sometime in the future

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

His song is very popular though

[@TA-xb8wc]

Thanks!

[@StoicHistorian]

Thank you so much for the donation!! I appreciate it, stay tuned for more North African History soon

[@larrywave]

Just subscribed 😄👍

[@StoicHistorian]

Thank you!!

[@hakman327]

Great video, can you tell us please which sources you used or which books you recommend? Thanks

[@StoicHistorian]

The life of emir abdelkader was my main source

[@zuuzuuka]

Great video, top tier stuff. The guy was unreal.

[@StoicHistorian]

Thank you and I know very unique!

[@jackhuge6054]

❤❤

[@basedmuslim9645]

what book did you get this information from?

[@StoicHistorian]

The life of emir abdelkader by Charles Henry Churchill

[@basedmuslim9645]

@@StoicHistorian noted thank you

[@StoicHistorian]

@@basedmuslim9645 no problem, I highly recommend it’s a great read

[@REALDEALMMA91]

Love your channel and Hikma History

[@StoicHistorian]

Thank you,

[@jacobbrahim5785]

Algérie indépendant for ottomane in 1546 broo

[@sewy-hh3jn]

So emir abdulkaders ancestor was imam ali ra

[@sirdook2761]

Bougeaud was a monster. His writings are demonic.

[@80mzgh]

Abdelkader was a servant of France; he is the first collaborator (harki) in the service of France in signing the Treaty of Tafna.

[@zakaryachaoui7985]

That treaty was because the Constantine Bey didn't want to collaborate with him in fear of losing his power, and most of the central tribes did the sane thing, not to mention also Fez who betrayed him, he was about to liberate Algeria by the year 1850 and some 2000's kid dares to call him trairor ??? Drink your zit zitoun and calm down !

[@bouderbayakoub5832]

The least zwaf AMAZEIG r3t4rded

[@hibahadjadj508]

🤡

[@UsefDjed]

Bro has read the wrong books and came here to show is ignorance of the History of Algeria. You really should be ashamed

[@raidbenachoure1330]

Plz delete this video. You just don't try to picture the prophet...

[@naanony117]

Marrocco trahison !!

[@rayk7307]

The Ottomans weren't in Algeria in 1830, see the coup of 1710. Coastal Algeria doesn't have a harsh climate. And that's just a few of the issues. I'm not even close to halfway through and I'm done with this video.

[@cjthebeesknees]

You might want to check your sources again my friend, even if this is strictly the case I believe (don’t quote me on this) many areas were more like “nominally” under the sublime ports authority still officially but in practice operated de facto independent for quite some time, and held this weird situational balance for awhile.

[@yrobtsvt]

This is a kind of perplexing comment. Algiers wasn't the only part of the Ottoman empire that was loosely governed in an autonomous zone/client state arrangement. The Ottomans were not a centralized empire like post-Revolutionary France.

[@rayk7307]

@@yrobtsvt But it was far more independent than other parts of the Ottoman empire, especially after 1710. Algeria even supplied France with food supplies for their conquest of Ottoman Egypt in 1798. In fact it was this unpaid debt that lead to the famous incident of the fly whisk.

[@jacobbrahim5785]

Yas Algérie indépendant in 1546 bro

[@jacobbrahim5785]

@@cjthebeeskneesYas Algérie indépendant in 1546 1567