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Cheikh El Mokrani
Bordj Bou Arreridj, Algeria
Archival Overview
Algerian nobleman and leader of the massive 1871 Mokrani Revolt, uniting over 250 Berber and Arab tribes in the greatest armed insurrection against French colonial rule of the 19th century.
Biographical Record
Cheikh Mohamed El Mokrani (c. 1815–1871) was the hereditary chief of the prestigious Beni Abbas dynasty and Bachagha of the Medjana plateau. Outraged by French confiscation of indigenous ancestral lands, military arrogance, and famine-relief exploitation, he resigned his colonial post in March 1871 to declare total insurrection.
Allied with the Rahmaniyya Sufi master Cheikh El Haddad, Mokrani mobilized more than 100,000 fighters across Kabylia, the Mitidja plain, and the High Plateaus, besieging colonial garrisons until he was killed in action charging French positions at Oued Soufflat on May 5, 1871.
Key Life Milestones
Declaration of the Mokrani Revolt
Launched the largest 19th-century uprising against French colonialism in North Africa.
Heroic Martyrdom at Oued Soufflat
Died leading a cavalry assault, immortalized in Algerian oral epics.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual MemorialAlgiers, Algeria