Who was Abd al-Qadir al-Jazairi?

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Abd al-Qadir ibn Muhyi al-Din al-Jaza'iri (1808–1883) was the leader of Algerian resistance. He led fifteen years of struggle against the French occupation, and then lived in Damascus, where he protected Christians. ¹

Disputing the count of raids and sariyas

The maghazi arithmetic disputes: Ibn Ishaq's twenty-six raids versus the twenty-seven that split Wadi'l-Qura from Khaybar; nine pitched battles common to both lists with al-Waqidi adding Wadi'l-Qura and al-Ghaba for eleven; and the sariya counts ranging from thirty-five to al-Waqidi's forty-eight (in al-Tabari's chain) to sixty-six.

Who was Abd al-Qadir al-Jazairi?

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Disputing the count of raids and sariyas