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221 - [Algeria – Militaria]
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[Algeria – Militaria] Emir Khaled El-Hassani Ben El-Hachemi (1875–1936), the first Algerian nationalist, and his father, Emir El Hachemi A rare collection of correspondence and photographs of the family of Emir Abd-el-Kader 4 autograph letters, 1894–1897, from Khaled El-Hassani Ben El-Hachemi, addressed to Captain Emile Driant, a training officer at the Saint-Cyr Military Academy, including: Letter from the author, Saint-Cyr, 19 December 1896, on ‘Escadron de Saint-Cyr’ letterhead, 4 pages in-8, in which he refers to anti-Semitic sentiment at the height of the Dreyfus affair My Commander, I do not know what you must think of your former protégé; it was my duty to write to you sooner, but a rather serious reason prevented me from doing so: having returned to the academy after two years’ absence, I had to catch up to the same level as my fellow cadets, and that took some time (...) Life at Saint-Cyr remains much the same, except that the regime is stricter in every respect; senior cadets and junior cadets are treated in the same way. (...) There has been no change in my father’s situation; I hope that, upon my graduation from the academy, as you told me, all these grievances will cease. (...) We have seven Jewish students in their second year; I am convinced that you will not admit this vermin into your battalion... Photographic print of the young Khaled in his Saint-Cyr cadet uniform, by E. Vallois, photographer in Paris, 16 x 10.5 cm 6 letters, 1894–1899, in French and Arabic, from Emir El Hachemi, son of Emir Abd-el-Kader, addressed to Captain Émile Driant, Photograph of Emir Abd el-Kader, [1865], by the Abdullah brothers in Istanbul, 16.5 x 11 cm FIND THE FULL AND DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOT IN OUR AUCTION CATALOGUE, AVAILABLE ONLINE
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Auction time 10/08/2026 at 2:00 PM
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