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- Emir Abdelkader
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- On the Way to Biskra by Frederick Bridgman
- Remembrance, Algiers
- Indolence by Frederick Bridgman
- A Coffee House in Algeria
- Crossing an Oasis
- In the Courtyard, El Biar
- A Bandit Queen
- On the Coast of Kabylie
- Le Soir
- On the Terrace
- Oriental Interior
- Cafe at Biskra
- An Interesting Game by Frederick A. Bridgman
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Did You Know?
In 1846, a village in the Missouri Territory was named after the Emir. Today it's known as Elkader, Iowa.
The emir's regulations for the treatment of his prisoners were a Koranically correct forerunner of the Geneva Convention.
Citizens of Bordeaux put Abd el-Kader's name on the ballot as a candidate in the French presidential elections of 1849.
A horse named Abd el Kader (called 'Little Ab' by the racing public) was twice winner of the British Grand National Steeple Chase.
"Allowing for certain exceptions of a theological nature, there is no Christian virtue that Abd el-Kader does not practice to the highest degree," wrote Dominican Sister Natalie who cared for the emir's family in prison.
The emir's most influential biographer was a descendent of the Duke of Marlborough, Col. Charles Henry Churchill, British military attaché in Lebanon.
The Suez Canal would not have been built in 1869 without Abd el- Kader's influence among the Arabs, and support for the French project.
President Lincoln honored Abd el-Kader as a great humanitarian for saving thousands of Christian lives in 1860.
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