Iron_Gates_(Algeria)

Iron Gates (Algeria)

Iron Gates (Algeria)

Mountain pass in Algeria

The Iron Gates (Arabic: البيبان, known in French as Défilé des Bibans or Porte de Fer) are a mountain pass in the Bibans in Algeria. They gave their name to the Biban Range.

"The Iron Gates Pass in Algeria, 18 October 1839", by Adrien Dauzats.
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History

An 1839 French expedition under the duc d'Orléans disregarded the clauses of the 1837 Treaty of Tafna with emir Abd el-Kader by passing through them, reigniting the war between them.[2]

References

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    Google Earth
  2. [2]
    Charles Nodier, Journal de l'Expédition des Portes de Fer
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