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Mohamed ben al-Hajj Amezian محمد بن الحاج أمزيان | |
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Sharif | |
Born | Mohammed ben al-Hajj 1859 Segangan, Morocco |
Died | 15 May 1912 Kaddur, Morocco |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Military career | |
Battles / wars | Second Melillan campaign (1909) Kert campaign (1911–1912) |
Mohammed ben al-Hajj Amezian (Arabic: الشريف محمد بن الحاج أمزيان; 1859 – 15 May 1912), also known as El Mizzian by the Spanish, was a Moroccan sharif who served as the main leader of the Rifian resistance against Spanish rule in northern Morocco prior to the rise of Abd el-Krim in 1921.[1]