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Firhun ag Alinsar
Firhun ag Alinsar was amenokal, paramount chief, of the Iwellemmeden Kel Ataram Tuareg in what is now Mali. Made to submit to the French, he was imprisoned, escaped and in 1916, during the First World War, led a revolt against French rule in the Niger region. He was defeated and killed in 1916, and the confederation's power was broken.
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