Today we commemorate the 108th death Anniversary and Martyrdom of Mohamed Amezyan or Cherif Muhand Amezyan (1859-1912) who was one of the first leader of Rif resistance against the Spanish occupation of Rif region in Northern Morocco.
His operations and wars were mainly taking place in the Eastern side of the Rif region near Nador province, a region where the Spanish army has suffered many humiliating defeats at the hands of the strong will and determination of Imjahden “warriors” under the leadership of Mohamed Amezyan.
Muhand Amzyan was killed in a battle on May 15, 1912 by the Spanish colonial and his corpse was transported to Melilla in the northern shores of Morocco’s Mediterranean coast then he was handed to his brothers to be buried in his home town cemetery in Segangan city near Nador.
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