Commander of the Faithful, the Life and Times of Emir Abd El-Kader

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Commander of the Faithful is the long-awaited biography of Emir Abd el-Kader who led the resistance to the French colonization of Algeria in the mid 1800s. When he died in 1883 his nobility of character had won the heart of the French nation. His fame spread worldwide and the New York Times hailed him as 'one of the few great men of the century.