Word: jellagha
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Palace in Carthage, where 44 Tunisians and 22 French officers stood before His Highness Sidi Mohammed el Amin, the mustachioed monarch of Tunis, and explained their plan. Twenty-two teams, composed of two Tunisians and one Frenchman, would go into the hills to offer amnesty to the fellaghas. Each jellagha who accepted would get a formal certificate of absolution, bearing his thumbprint to prevent chicanery; a stub, also with thumbprint, would be retained by the government. "Go, my dear children," blessed the Bey of Tunis. "May God help you." The emissaries had a deadline: midnight, Dec. 9. The following...
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