The Jihad of Abd Al-Qadir

question 34

Multiple Choice

The jihad of Abd al-Qadir

• A) began in the 1840s and lasted until the death of al-Qadir in 1853.
• B) successfully defended Algeria against the French for about fifty years.
• C) ended almost as quickly as it began, with terrible losses for the African Muslims.
• D) in many ways hinted at the Algerian war for independence a century later.
• E) was actually a thinly-disguised attempt by al-Qadir to seize political control of Algeria.

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