Look up Riffian or rifi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Riffian or Rifian may refer to: Riffians, a Berber people Rifian language, their language Riff...

Riffians or Rifians (Berber languages: ⵉⵔⵉⴼⵉⵢⴻⵏ, romanized: Iriffiyen; singular: ⴰⵔⵉⴼⵉ, Ariffi, pronounced [iɾifijən, æɾifi]) are a Berber ethnic group...

other symbols instead of Tifinagh letters. Tarifit Berber, also known as Riffian or locally as Tamazight (Tarifit: Tmaziɣt, pronounced [θmæzɪχt]; Arabic:...

the mountainous Rif region of northern Morocco. Led by Abd el-Krim, the Riffians at first inflicted several defeats on the Spanish forces by using guerrilla...

includes Riffian, one of the major Berber languages. Blench (2006) considers Riff to be a dialect cluster, consisting of the following varieties: Riffian Ghomara...

Riffian (German pronunciation: [ˈrɪfɪan]; Italian: Rifiano [riˈfjaːno]) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located...

Seated Riffian (French: Le Rifain assis) is an oil on canvas painting by Henri Matisse, from December 1912. This work represents an inhabitant of the...

Central Tamazight, Riffian, Standard Moroccan Tamazight) 2M TV – partially in Shilha Arrabia – partially in Shilha, Central Tamazight, Riffian TV4 (Kabyle,...

The Riffian independence movement is an ongoing political movement aiming for international recognition of the Rif region in Northern Morocco, as a state...

Tetuan. During their march, the Spanish suffered constant attacks by the Riffian force, suffering heavy casualties. The retreat was a disaster for the Spanish...

suffered a fiasco caused by Riffian fighters outside the city. On February 6, the Spanish Melilla garrison was disturbed by the Riffian attacks. The governor...

1921 Battle of Annual, Riffian forces slaughtered most of the Spanish soldiers who had surrendered on that day. The Riffians forces advanced quite rapidly...

Berber guerrilla leader who proclaimed the Republic of the Rif in 1921. The Riffian Berbers won several victories over the Spanish in the Rif War in the 1920s...

(Variant forms Beni Touzine, Ayt Tuzin and Beni Tuzin) is one of the biggest Riffian tribes from the central Rif region in Morocco. In the early 13th century...

On 18 July, about 5,000 Riffians advanced into the position of Sidi Hamet el Hach and were repelled by the Spanish. Riffians resumed the attack in the...

experienced attacks by Riffian tribesmen, especially in 1844, 1845, and 1848. The casus belli for Spain were the unrelenting attacks of Riffian tribesmen on Spanish...

suffered by the colonial troops in conflicts in northern Morocco against Riffians forces brought discredit to the government and undermined the monarchy...

1961 in Beni Sidel, Nador city, Rif, Morocco. He grew up as a son of a Riffian Berber Sunni imam in a small village in the Nador Province, Rif region...

protecting the distinct Berber identity and language of the Rif and the Riffians. Release of political prisoners. Serious inquiry and trial of those responsible...

Lamsaadi, fighters and emblematic figures of the ALN were assassinated. The Riffian population, feeling more and more marginalised and attacked by the Istiqlal...

Atlas branch of Berber. It has also been influenced by the neighbouring Riffian language. Besides Senhaja de Srair, there are also several names such as...

86,487. The population is chiefly divided between people of Iberian and Riffian extraction. There is also a small number of Sephardic Jews and Sindhi Hindus...

all Riffian tribes submitted to the Spanish rule. Abd el-Krim and his brother determined to stop the colonization process. In late May, the Riffian forces...

Khalid Izri (born Khalid Yachou in 1969) is a Riffian artist singing in Riffian language. Izri songs are engaged songs about freedom and Tamazight. He...

del Lobo), was a military engagement between the Spanish army and the Riffian army; the battle was a military disaster for the Spanish army. Spain stumbled...

in Switzerland, then returned home, finding employment in a hayloft in Riffian. With a criminal record for contempt, resistance of a public official and...

the Republic of the Rif was established on 18 September 1921 when the Riffian Tribes, led by Abd el-Krim, beat Spain in the Battle of Annual during the...

17th and the 18th centuries. The army was formed by Moulay Ismail out of Riffian tribesmen from the eastern Rif. Their rise coincided with the formation...

del Kert) was a conflict in northern Morocco between Spain and insurgent Riffian harkas led by Mohammed Ameziane, who had called for a jihad against the...

Ismail Ibn Sharif (1672–1727) began to create a unified state. With his Riffian army, he re-occupied Tangier from the English who had abandoned it in 1684...