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Historical photographAssou Oubasslam and Lieutenant Bel Madani at Tinghir, after the 1933 fightingAprès mars 1933 (d'après la légende)Publication illustrée non identifiée (double page numérisée « Bel_Madani_2.jpg », scan de 2013) ; fichier fourni par le titulaire du projetProbable attribution— Identification based on a published or institutional source, without independent confirmation.

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Lieutenant Bel Madani

الملازم بلمدني

Interpreter for General Huré with the Aït Atta in March 1933; photographed with Assou Oubasslam at Tinghir after the fighting.

Born
unknown
Died
unknown
French forces
Affiliation
Officer in the French army's service (Affaires indigènes), Tamazight interpreter.
Spellings
Bel Madani · lt. Madani

Biography

The printed captions of an unidentified publication, supplied in the project's library, show him serving as “Berber interpreter” to General Huré during a speech that follows the end of the fighting at Bougafer (March 1933), and then beside Assou Oubasslam at Tinghir. A handwritten first-person note, by an unidentified hand, suggests the double page belonged to him. His origin, first name and career are not documented.

Assisted translation, not validated

Uncertainties

  • Known only through photograph captions, from an unidentified publication.

Sources — 1 sources cited · 1 independent documentary line(s)

  1. Double page de photographies légendées consacrées au lieutenant Bel Madani (publication non identifiée), après 1933 — légendes des photographiesFull text consulted · Colonial military