Enemy France Came to Respect
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In 1830, France seized Algiers, but its armies did not yet control the country beyond the coast. Two years later, communities around Mascara acclaimed a young religious scholar as emir. Abdelkader would spend the next fifteen years fighting invasion—and building a state in the midst of war.He appointed judges and governors, collected taxes, raised armies, manufactured weapons, negotiated treaties,...
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In 1830, France seized Algiers, but its armies did not yet control the country beyond the coast. Two years later, communities around Mascara acclaimed a young religious scholar as emir. Abdelkader would spend the next fifteen years fighting invasion—and building a state in the midst of war.He appointed judges and governors, collected taxes, raised armies, manufactured weapons, negotiated treaties,...
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