Sherif Boubaghla


Boubaghla
Native name
الشريف بوبغلة
Birth nameMuhammad Al-Amjad bin Abd Almalik
Born~1820
Saïda, Algeria
DiedDecember 1854
Buried
Allegiance Emirate of Abdelkader
1832-1847
Dahra revolt
1847-1850
Kabylia revolt
1850-1854
Years of service183?-1854
Battles / warsFrench conquest of Algeria

Sherif Boubaghla or Cherif Boubaghla (in Arabic: الشريف بوبغلة , the man with the mule) (full name Muhammad Al-Amjad bin Abd Almalik محمد الأمجد بن عبد المالك) was an Algerian military resistance leader who led a struggle against the French colonial invasion in the mid-19th century.[1] He participated in a wide variety of Algerian resistance movements and rebellions against the French army.