The Madrasa Thaalibia (; french: link=no, Médersa Thaâlibiyya), is a

madrasa Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...

located in

Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...

, Algeria. It was founded on 17 October 1904 by

Charles Jonnart Charles Célestin Auguste Jonnart (27 December 1857 – 30 December 1927) was a French politician. Early years Born into a bourgeois family in Fléchin, Pas-de-Calais, Charles Jonnart was educated at Saint-Omer, then in Paris. Interested in th ...

and subsequently became one of the leading spiritual and educational centres of

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Architecture

The building of this

was designed by the architect (1856–1926). The style followed the

Moorish Revival architecture Moorish Revival or Neo-Moorish is one of the exotic revival architectural styles that were adopted by architects of Europe and the Americas in the wake of Romanticist Orientalism. It reached the height of its popularity after the mid-19th centur ...

under the guidance of Jonnart, Four domes flank the central dome, a vestibule and a

porch A porch (from Old French ''porche'', from Latin ''porticus'' "colonnade", from ''porta'' "passage") is a room or gallery located in front of an entrance of a building. A porch is placed in front of the facade of a building it commands, and form ...

open between the two domes of the main façade. All the walls are lined, halfway up, with paneled earthenware

faience Faience or faïence (; ) is the general English language term for fine tin-glazed pottery. The invention of a white pottery glaze suitable for painted decoration, by the addition of an oxide of tin to the slip of a lead glaze, was a major ad ...

and

tiles Tiles are usually thin, square or rectangular coverings manufactured from hard-wearing material such as ceramic, stone, metal, baked clay, or even glass. They are generally fixed in place in an array to cover roofs, floors, walls, edges, or o ...

. For about fifty years since 1954, the building no longer has its vocation as a higher establishment for Medersians.

Teachers

Abdelhalim Bensmaia Abdelhalim Bensmaia (1866-1933). was a prominent Islamic scholar. He was also a reformist, humanist and musician. Personal life Bensmaia was born in Algiers into a family of Turkish origin. His father, Ali Ben Abderrahmane Khodja, was the last mu ...

Mohamed Bencheneb Mohamed Bencheneb (26 October 18695 February 1929) was an Algerian professor, writer and historian.. Biography Born in 1869 to parents of Turkish people, Turkish origin,. Bencheneb became a teacher from 1889, mastering several languages, in addit ...

* * * * Abderrazak Ashraf * Mohamed Saïd Ben Zekri

Students

* Omar Racim *

Si Kaddour Benghabrit Abdelkader Ben Ghabrit (; 1 November 1868 – 24 June 1954), commonly known as Si Kaddour Benghabrit () was an Algerian religious leader, translator and interpreter who worked for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was the first rector of ...

* * Noureddine Abdelkader

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Architecture

Teachers

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