Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine Cemetery () is a cemetery in the commune of Belouizdad in

Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

. The name relates to

Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Gashtuli al-Jurjuri al-Azhari Abu Qabrayn (; died in 1793/1794), mostly known as Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine () was a Berber ash'ari '' 'alim'', founder of the Rahmaniyya Sufi order and is one of the seven Patron Sain ...

History

In the place of this Muslim cemetery, in 1830 during the

French conquest of Algeria The French conquest of Algeria (; ) took place between 1830 and 1903. In 1827, an argument between Hussein Dey, the ruler of the Regency of Algiers, and the French consul (representative), consul escalated into a blockade, following which the Jul ...

, there was only the mausoleum of

and a few graves among the wild olive trees. It was then that the burials of the Muslim dead in Algiers were more and more numerous in the

El Kettar cemetery El Kettar Cemetery () is one of the most famous cemeteries in Algeria. It is situated in a suburb of the city of Algiers in the commune of Oued Koriche. It opened in 1838 replacing the cemetery of Sidi Abderrahmane destroyed in 1830. It was prev ...

from 1834, and in the ''Sidi M'hamed Cemetery''. The latter began to be a Muslim necropolis only around 1850, when the cemeteries occupying the site of the streets of Tripoli, Larbi Ben Mhidi, Ali Boumendjel and Boulevard Debbih Cherif were destroyed. Originally surrounded by cacti and aloe vera, a perimeter wall was built to surrounded it at the start of the 20th century. The entrance gate, the minaret, the portico and the fountain were also built at this time.

Notable interments

* * Ahmed Senhadji *

Aïssat Idir Aïssat Idir was an Algerian Syndicalist, founder of the General Union of Algerian Workers and martyr during the Algerian War, He was born in Mekla, more precisely Djemaa Saharidj on 11 June 1915, and died in a military hospital in Algiers on 27 ...

* Ali Boumendjel * Amina Belouizdad *

Hassiba Ben Bouali Hassiba Ben Bouali () (18 January 1938 – 9 October 1957) was an Algerian militant and revolutionary figure of the Algerian War. Biography Hassiba Ben Bouali was born in El-Asnam (Today, Chlef), Algeria, into an aristocratic family. Her par ...

* Larbi Zekkal * Madani Abbassi *

Malek Bennabi Malek Bennabi (1 January 1905 – 31 October 1973) () was an Algerian writer and philosopher, who wrote about human society, particularly Muslim society with a focus on the reasons behind the fall of Muslim civilization. According to Malek Ben ...

* Mohamed Bachir El Ibrahimi *

Mohamed Belouizdad Mohamed Belouizdad (; 3 November 1924, in Algiers – 14 January 1952, in Paris), was an Algerian militant and chief "responsible" (manager) of Special Organisation (OS), the military branch of the Algerian People's Party (in French, ''Parti d ...

Mohamed Lefkir Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monotheistic teachings of Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, ...

Gallery

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History

Notable interments

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