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Algerian Uprising of 1871. Three documents.

JUILLET-SAINT-LAGER, Théodore. Ali-Bey. Manuscript, Algiers, 1874 Manuscript in 8vo, 222x165 mm. 29 pages of text, the last two on smaller sheets; 20 pages of proofs and notes, the last one on a leaflet. Text in French, sharp cursive handwriting, blue ink. Fly sheets, in blue folded sheet with title. On the verso of page 22 author's signature with date 'Alger 12 Mai 1874'. Good condition. Together with: Signed letter from Ali-Bey's defense lawyer addressed to Juillet-Saint-Lager. [Algiers] April 4, 1874 One sheet in 8vo. 205x130 mm. Text on two pages. Cursive handwriting, brown ink. Good condition. 'Mon cher Juillet'. Together with: Havas Agency. Dispatch. Paris, 11 Mai (1874). One sheet in 8vo. 205x130 mm. Text of the dispatch, stamped 'Agence Havas' on one page, on the verso page 23 of the Juillet document. Mention is made of the progress of the 'Bonapartistes' and the trip of the King of Italy Victor Emmanuel to Berlin and his meeting with Bismark. 'La correspondance algerienne de l'Agence Havas nous apprenait, ces jours derniers, la capture de Bou-Choucha, le Cherif du desert, le feroce assassin de la garnison de Touggourt'. Important unpublished document concerning the Algerian uprising against France in 1871.It reconstructs in detail the events that led to the arrest of Ali-Bey, accused of complicity with Bou-Choucha. This document is all the more valuable for the history of the Algerian conquest, as it is written 'in the heat of the moment,' right in the middle of events. The lawyer's letter mentions this study, which was considered very important to rehabilitate Ali-Bey with the colonial authorities 'votre œuvre est parfaite' and also mentions the cost of its publication; Juillet was running a publishing house in Algiers at the time, but no edition of this work is known; the work is not even mentioned in the most important book on the insurrection, published in 1891.This document can therefore be considered unpublished. The text starts from the recent arrest in March 1874 of Bou-Choucha, a bloodthirsty character who with a band of brigands attacked Ouargla, whose agha was Ali-Bey in 1871, took over this town to make it his military base, then continued his looting work as far as Touggourt where he committed the worst massacres, then remained master of the whole area until his capture by Saïd-ben-Dris, Ali-Bey's brother, who handed him over into the hands of the French authorities. Ali-Bey was, however, accused by the French colonial authorities of having handed Ouargla over to Bou-Choucha because of his greed: he had in fact received considerable compensation from France for guaranteeing the security of this oasis land and was therefore indicted because he had fled from Touggourt without organizing his defense.

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Algerian Uprising of 1871. Three documents.

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