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MASCARA , chief
Algeria
appearance . Mascara is a town of the French colonial type, few vestiges of the Moorish period remaining. Among the public buildings are two mosques, in one of which Abd-el-Kader preached the jihad . The town also contains the usual establishments attaching to the seat of a sub-prefect and the centre of a military subdivision. The principal industry is the making of wine, the white wines of Mascara being held in high repute. There is also a considerable trade
Mascara (i.e. " mother of soldiers ") was the capital of a Turkish beylik during the Spanish occupation of Oran from the 16th to the close of the 18th century; but for the most of that period it occupied a site about two miles distant from the present position. On the removal of the bey to Oran its importance rapidly declined ; and it was an insignificant place when in 1832 Abd-el-Kader, who was born in the neighbourhood, chose
Marshal Clausel and the duke of Orleans in 1835, the amir retreating south
Marshal Bugeaud and General Lamoriciere.End of Article: MASCARA If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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