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• Abd-el Krim
  Abd-el Krim

  noun

  1881?–1963, Moroccan chief: leader of the Riff revolts 1921, 1924.
• Abd-el-Krim
  Abd-el-Krim

  noun

  1882–1963, Moroccan chief who led revolts against Spain and France, surrendered before their combined forces in 1926, but later formed the North African independence movement

Abd-el Krim

American  

[ahb-del kreem, krim] / ˌɑb dɛl ˈkrim, ˈkrɪm /

noun

1. 1881?–1963, Moroccan chief: leader of the Riff revolts 1921, 1924.

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Abd-el-Krim British  

/ ˌæbdʊlˈkrɪm /

noun

1. 1882–1963, Moroccan chief who led revolts against Spain and France, surrendered before their combined forces in 1926, but later formed the North African independence movement

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Abd-el-Krim

An insatiable traveler, he wandered Europe and Africa, made great friends with Moroccan Patriot Abd-el-Krim.

From Time Magazine Archive

Abd-el-Krim replied by declaring that the occupation by French troops of the upper Wergha Valley, which was under his control, constituted an unfriendly act, declared war.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the Riff, an unknown person managed to obtain interviews with Abd-el-Krim, who declared that he was ready to discuss peace terms with the French as soon as they wished.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Mulay Mohammed ben Abd-el-Krim," they shouted, brandishing their swords, "Sultan el-Islam, dj'der ba-ba Spanol!"

From Time Magazine Archive

Or one of the classic examples is Abd-el-Krim destroying two different Spanish armies in the Moroccan Rif in the 1920s.

From Border, Breed Nor Birth by Reynolds, Mack