Mohamed Zamoum (Colonel Si Salah)
Source: Wilaya 4 Historical Archives
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Mohamed Zamoum (Colonel Si Salah) 🇩🇿

محمد زعموم (سي صالح) (Known as "Si Salah")
Colonel of the ALN, Commander of Wilaya 4, Anti-Colonial Leader
Born 1928 🇩🇿 Ighil Imoula (Tizi Ouzou), Algeria
Passed Away Jul 20, 1961 Near Maillot (M'Chedallah, Bouira), Algeria
Lifespan 33 years old
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ALN Colonel who succeeded Si M'hamed as commander of Wilaya 4, native of the historic village of Ighil Imoula where the November 1, 1954 Proclamation was printed.

Biographical Record

Mohamed Zamoum was born in the historic mountain village of Ighil Imoula in Greater Kabylia. In late October 1954, it was in his village that the historic November 1st Proclamation launching the Algerian Revolution was typed and duplicated under his supervision.

Assigned to Wilaya 4, he rose to become its political commissar and subsequently supreme colonel commanding the Wilaya following the death of Si M'hamed Bouguerra. Leading his troops through the devastating French Operation Challe offensives, Si Salah fell in combat on July 20, 1961 in an ambush near M'Chedallah.

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Final Resting Place

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Martyrs Shrine of Ighil Imoula
Ighil Imoula (Tizi Ouzou), Algeria
GPS: 36.5417, 4.1833
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