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Souk Hamza
Suk Hamza (Arabic: سوق حمزة), or Ha'it Hamza (Arabic: حائط حمزة), is likely the present-day Bouïra in Algeria. It was founded by Hamza ben al-Hasan ben Suleiman ben al-Hussein ben Ali ben al-Hasan ben Ali ben Abi Talib. The town is mentioned in the works of several chroniclers and geographers, including Ibn Hammad, who was originally from this city. References See also * Bouïra * Qal'at Bani Hammad Qal'at Bani Hammad (), also known as Qal'a Bani Hammad or Qal'at of the Beni Hammad (among other variants), is a fortified palatine city in Algeria. Now in ruins, in the 11th century, it served as the first capital of the Hammadid dynasty. It is ... * Al-Batha, Algeria {{Former Islamic cities in the Maghreb City name changes Bouïra Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabic
Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns language codes to 32 varieties of Arabic, including its standard form of Literary Arabic, known as Modern Standard Arabic, which is derived from Classical Arabic. This distinction exists primarily among Western linguists; Arabic speakers themselves generally do not distinguish between Modern Standard Arabic and Classical Arabic, but rather refer to both as ( "the eloquent Arabic") or simply ' (). Arabic is the List of languages by the number of countries in which they are recognized as an official language, third most widespread official language after English and French, one of six official languages of the United Nations, and the Sacred language, liturgical language of Islam. Arabic is widely taught in schools and universities around the wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bouïra
Bouïra is the capital of Bouïra Province, 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 city is also called "Garanda" by the locals. Demographics It has 75,086 inhabitants as of the 1998 census, which gives it 15 seats in the PMA. Geography It is located in the geographical heart of the province. It borders the municipality of Ait Laziz in the north, Aïn Turk in the north-east (home to the largest aqueduct in Africa), Aïn El Hadjar in the east, El Hachimia in the south-east, Oued El Berdi in the south, El Asnam in the south-west, Haizer in the west, and Taghzourt in the north-west. Climate Transportation The Autoroute A2 passes through the city. References See also * Souk Hamza External links Kabylia Populated places in Bouï ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Algeria–Niger border, the southeast by Niger; to Algeria–Western Sahara border, the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to Algeria–Morocco border, the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea. The capital and List of cities in Algeria, largest city is Algiers, located in the far north on the Mediterranean coast. Inhabited since prehistory, Algeria has been at the crossroads of numerous cultures and civilisations, including the Phoenicians, Numidians, Ancient Rome, Romans, Vandals, and Byzantine Greeks. Its modern identity is rooted in centuries of Arab migrations to the Maghreb, Arab Muslim migration waves since Muslim conquest of the Maghreb, the seventh century and the subsequent Arabization, Arabisation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibn Hammad (historian)
Abu ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Ḥammād ibn ʿĪsā ibn ʿAbī Bakr al-Ṣanhāj̲ī, known as Ibn Ḥammād () or Ibn Ḥamādu (1153/54–1230 / Anno Hegirae, AH 548–628), was a medieval Berbers, Berber ''qadi'' and historian,Jeremy Johns, ''Arabic Administration in Norman Sicily: The Royal Diwan'', (Cambridge University Press, 2002), 265. author of a chronicle on the Fatimid Caliphate, Fatimid caliphs in the Maghreb, known as ' ("account of the kings of the house of Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi Billah, Ubaid and their deeds"), written in 1220 / AH 617. He was related to the Hammadid dynasty, Banu Hammad and a native of a village near their ''Beni Hammad Fort, Qal'a.'' Editions *''Histoires des Rois Obaidides'', ed. and trans. M. Vanderyheiden, Paris, 1927. *''Akhbar muluk Bani Ubayd wa-siratuhum: Tahlil li-tarikh al-Dawlah al-Fatimiyah min khilal masdar turathi '', Dar al-Ulum, 1981, See also *Muslim conquest of the Maghreb Notes References *J. F. P. Hopkin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qal'at Bani Hammad
Qal'at Bani Hammad (), also known as Qal'a Bani Hammad or Qal'at of the Beni Hammad (among other variants), is a fortified palatine city in Algeria. Now in ruins, in the 11th century, it served as the first capital of the Hammadid dynasty. It is in the Hodna Mountains northeast of M'Sila, at an elevation of , and receives abundant water from the surrounding mountains. The site is near the town of Maadid (aka Maadhid), about southeast of Algiers, in the Maghreb. In 1980, it was inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO under the name Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad, and described as "an authentic picture of a fortified Muslim city". The town includes a long line of walls. Inside the walls are four residential complexes, and the largest mosque built in Algeria after that of Mansoura, Tlemcen, Mansurah. It is similar in design to the Grand Mosque of Kairouan, with a tall minaret, . Excavations have brought to light numerous terracotta, jewels, coins and ceramics testifying to the hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
