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.
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]
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.
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]
