Abdelkrim, in full Mouḥammad ibn Abd Abdelkrim El khattabi, known among Riffains as Mulay Muhand, (born 1882, Ajdir, Morocco—died February 6, 1963, Cairo, Egypt), leader of the Amazigh Rif forces during the Rif War (1921–1926) against Spanish and French colonialism in North Africa and founder of the short-lived Republic of the Rif (1923–1926).
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