Iron Gates (Algeria)
(Redirected from Portes de Fer)
| Iron Gates | |
|---|---|
| Biban | |
 View of the Iron Gates. | |
  Iron Gates Location within Algeria | |
| Elevation | 1,050 m (3,440 ft)[1] |
| Third Approach | |
| Location | Algeria |
| Range | Bibans, Tell Atlas |
| Coordinates | 36°05′04″N 4°35′19″E / 36.08444°N 4.58861°E |
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
[edit]An 1839 French expedition under General Valée and 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 France and Abd el-Kader's Islamic sovereignty.[2][3]