Abdelkrim khattabi biography examples

Moroccan political and military leader (/–)

For other uses, see Abdul Karim.

Muhammad bin ‘Abd al-Karīm al-Khaṭābī (Arabic: محمد بن عبد الكريم الخطابي), better known as Abd el-Krim (Arabic: عبد الكريم; or – 6 February ), was a Moroccan political and military leader and the president of the Republic of the Rif.^[3] He and his brother M'Hammad led a large-scale revolt by a coalition of Riffian tribes against the Spanish and French Protectorates of the Rif and the rest of Morocco.

His guerrilla tactics, which included the first-ever use of tunneling as a technique of modern warfare, directly influenced Ho Chi Minh, Mao Zedong and Che Guevara.^[5] He also became one of the major figures of Arab nationalism, which he actively supported.^[7]

Early life

Muhammad ibn Abd al-Karim was born in in the settlement of Ajdir, Morocco.^[8] He was the son of Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi, a qadi (Islamic judge and chief local leader) of the Ait