2024-01 Raynors Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/21/2024
The bellows style, hand-painted paper-Mache cigar case, 2-3/4" x 5" of the Emir Abdi el Kader. 100% of the paint remains, deep color and IDd "Abd el-Kader". Abdelkader ibn Muhieddine (1808-1883) was an Algerian religious and military leader who led a struggle against the French colonial invasion of Algiers in the early 19th century. As an Islamic scholar and Sufi who unexpectedly found himself leading a military campaign, he built up a collection of Algerian tribesmen that for many years successfully held out against one of the most advanced armies in Europe. His consistent regard for what would now be called human rights, especially as regards his Christian opponents, drew widespread admiration, and a crucial intervention to save the Christian community of Damascus from a massacre in 1860 brought honours and awards from around the world.
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