Abd el-Krim, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Abd el-Krim

Date of Birth: 12-Jan-1882

Place of Birth: Ajdir, Taza-fes-maknass, Morocco

Date of Death: 06-Feb-1963

Profession: writer, politician, qadi, resistance fighter, journalist

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Abd el-Krim el-Khattabi (Arabic: ???? ?? ??? ?????? ????????) (1882, Ajdir – February 6, 1963, Cairo) was a Moroccan political and military leader.
He and his brother Mhemmed led a large-scale revolt by a coalition of Berber-speaking Rif tribes against French and Spanish colonization of the Rif, an area of northern Morocco.
The rebels established the short-lived Republic of the Rif.
Abd el-Krim's guerrilla tactics influenced Ho Chi Minh, Mao Zedong, and Che Guevara.