biography
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Abd-el-Krim
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nickname the Wolf of the Rif Mountains
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pronunciation:
[abdulkrim]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1882–1963)
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| biography:
| Berber chief, born in Ajdir, N Morocco. He led unsuccessful revolts against Spain and France (1921, 1924–5), formed the Republic of the Rif and served as its president (1921–6), but was brought to surrender by a large Franco–Spanish army under Marshal Pétain. He was exiled to the island of Réunion. Granted amnesty in 1947, he went to Egypt, where he formed the North African Liberation Committee. |
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