First Rif War

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The First Rif War was an 1893–1894 conflict between Spain and Berber tribes in Morocco’s Rif region, sparked by Spanish fortification works near Melilla and marking an early episode of anti-colonial resistance in North Africa.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
First Rif War canonical 2
Rif War (1920–1927) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial war ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
war ⓘ
belligerent Berber tribes of the Rif ⓘ
Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
Riffian tribes ⓘ
cause Spanish fortification works near Melilla ⓘ
construction of Spanish defensive positions around Melilla ⓘ
chronologyPosition predecessor of the Rif War of the 1920s ⓘ
combatant Riffian irregular fighters ⓘ
Spanish Army ⓘ
conflictType Spanish–Moroccan conflict ⓘ
countryInvolved Morocco ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
endDate 1894 ⓘ
hasLanguageContext Arabic ⓘ
Berber languages ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
hasMainTheater Rif region ⓘ
historicalPeriod late 19th century ⓘ
involvedEthnicGroup Berbers ⓘ
Riffians ⓘ
location Melilla ⓘ
Rif ⓘ
northern Morocco ⓘ
opponentOf Riffian tribes ⓘ
linked to: Rif tribes

Spain ⓘ
opposedColonialPower Spain ⓘ
partOf Spanish–Moroccan wars ⓘ
history of Morocco ⓘ
history of Spain ⓘ
history of Spanish colonialism in North Africa ⓘ
region Maghreb ⓘ
linked to: North Africa
relatedTo Rif War ⓘ
Second Rif War ⓘ
result Spanish victory ⓘ
negotiated settlement with Moroccan authorities ⓘ
reinforcement of Spanish control over Melilla ⓘ
significance early confrontation between Spain and Riffian tribes ⓘ
early episode of anti-colonial resistance in North Africa ⓘ
startDate 1893 ⓘ
triggeredBy local opposition to Spanish expansion around Melilla ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rif War → precededBy → First Rif War ⓘ
Second Rif War → precededBy → First Rif War ⓘ
Second Melillan campaign → relatedTo → Rif War (1920–1927) ⓘ
linked to: First Rif War