The Warnier Law accelerates individualisation of Algerian land

French troops confronted and halted insurgent forces advancing from Palestro toward Algiers at Alma. The battle took place within the wider 1871 uprising, whose reach alarmed colonial authorities....

Governor-General de Gueydon proclaimed a state of siege as the revolt spread. The emergency measure widened military powers over civilians and territories and enabled repression under the language...

Mohammed el-Mokrani died during combat near Oued Soufflat as French forces pursued suppression of the revolt. His death did not immediately end the uprising; his brother Boumezrag and other insurgents...

A French decree formalised confiscation of land from Algerian communities and insurgents after the 1871 uprising. Confiscations, fines, displacement, and settlement policy converted military defeat...

French forces captured Boumezrag el-Mokrani, a leading organiser of the 1871 resistance, after months of pursuit. The revolt had been defeated militarily, but the capture marked the continuation of...

The transport ship La Loire left Brest carrying Algerian political deportees detained after the Mokrani uprising. Deportation removed people from their families and homeland and extended colonial...

The law of 28 June 1881 formalised a special administrative and penal regime for Algerians classified as “indigènes.” It enabled punishment through administrative authority and offences that did not...

A law of 28 April 1887 adjusted land administration and made it easier for colonial authorities to delimit and redistribute collective lands. The process could convert communal tenure into parcels...

The law of 27 June 1888 extended for two years the exceptional regime established in 1881. Repeated renewal shows that legal inequality was maintained through ordinary legislative procedures, rather...

Residents of the Righa community rose at Margueritte amid land loss, settler expansion, and colonial administrative pressure. French authorities framed the revolt as a threat to order and responded...