Thaalibia Cemetery ( ar, المقبرة الثعالبية) or

Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi Abdul-Rahman al-Tha'alibi ( ar, أبو زيد عـبـد الـرحـمـن بن مـخـلـوف الـثـعـالـبـي, Abū Zayd ‘Abd al-Raḥmān ibn Makhlūf ath-Tha‘ālibī) (1384 CE/785 Hijri year, AH – 1479 CE/875 Hijri year, ...

Cemetery ( ar, مقبرة سيدي عبد الرحمان الثعالبي) is a cemetery in the

Casbah of Algiers The Casbah ( ar, قصبة, ''qaṣba'', meaning citadel) is the citadel of Algiers in Algeria and the traditional quarter clustered around it. In 1992, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) proclaimed ' ...

in the

commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...

of the

. The name "Thaalibia" is related to

History

This

Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...

was founded in 1490 within the

, and comprises tombs of numerous Algerian theologians and notables. It is located in the historical Zawiya Thaalibia, near the and the Mausoleum of Sidi Abderrahmane Et-Thaalibi.

Notable interments

* Abdelhalim Bensmaia * *

Ahmed Bey ben Mohamed Chérif Ahmed Bey ben Mohamed Sherif, also known as Ahmed Bey or Hadj Ahmed Bey ( ar, الحاج أحمد باي) (c. 1784 - c. 1850) was the last Bey of Constantine, in the Regency of Algiers, ruling from 1826 to 1848. He was the successor of Mohamed M ...

* * Ali Ben El-Haffaf *

Ali Khodja Ali V Ben Ahmed, nicknamed Ali Khodja, Ali-Meguer, or Ali Loco (the mad) (Arabic: علي ابن أحمد خوجة) was a Kouloughlis, Kouloughli of partial Georgia (country), Georgian (Mingrelians, Mengrelian) and Native Algerian origins born in m ...

* Boudjemaa Maknassi * * * *

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 ...

* *

Mohammed Racim Mohammed Racim ( ar, محمد راسم, 24 June 189630 March 1975) was an Algerian artist who founded the Algerian School for Miniature Painting with his brother, Omar. It still exists to this day.. Biography Racim was born in The Casbah of A ...

* *

Omar Agha Omar Agha was the Dey of the Deylik of Algiers from April 1815 to September 1817, after the assassination of his predecessor Mohamed Kharnadji on 7 April 1815, who had been in office for only 17 days. Early life He was born on the island of Le ...

* Omar Racim * Ouali Dada *

Sidi Abd Youssef ''Sidi'' or ''Sayidi'', also Sayyidi and Sayeedi, ( ar, سيدي, Sayyīdī, Sīdī (dialectal) "milord") is an Arabic masculine title of respect. ''Sidi'' is used often to mean "saint" or "my master" in Maghrebi Arabic and Egyptian Arabic. Wi ...

Sidi Abdallah Sidi Abdallah is a small town and rural commune in Rehamna Province of the Marrakesh-Safi region of Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlook ...

Sidi Betqa ''Sidi'' or ''Sayidi'', also Sayyidi and Sayeedi, ( ar, سيدي, Sayyīdī, Sīdī (dialectal) "milord") is an Arabic masculine title of respect. ''Sidi'' is used often to mean "saint" or "my master" in Maghrebi Arabic and Egyptian Arabic. Wit ...

* Sidi Bougdour *

Sidi Flih ''Sidi'' or ''Sayidi'', also Sayyidi and Sayeedi, ( ar, سيدي, Sayyīdī, Sīdī (dialectal) "milord") is an Arabic masculine title of respect. ''Sidi'' is used often to mean "saint" or "my master" in Maghrebi Arabic and Egyptian Arabic. Wi ...

* * Sidi Mansour * Sidi Ouadah * Youssef Pacha

Gallery

File:Cimetière des Thaalba à Alger 5.JPG, Tombs in Thaalibia Cemetery File:Cimetière des Thaalba à Alger 2.JPG, Tombs in Thaalibia Cemetery File:Sidi Abderrahmane At-Thaâlibi Tombe.jpg, Mausoleum of Sidi Abderrahmane Et-Thaalibi File:Cimetière des Thaalba à Alger 3.JPG, Tombs in Thaalibia Cemetery File:Algiers, Tomb of Sidi Abderhaman (GRI) - Flickr - Getty Research Institute.jpg, Mausoleum of Sidi Abderrahmane Et-Thaalibi

References

{{Cemeteries of Algiers, Expanded 1490 establishments Cemeteries in Algeria Buildings and structures in Algiers 15th-century establishments in Africa

History

Notable interments

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See also

References