Thaalibia Cemetery () or

Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi Abdul-Rahman al-Tha'alibi () (1384 CE/785 Hijri year, AH – 15 March 1479 CE/875 Hijri year, AH) was an Algerian Islamic scholar, Imam and Sufism, Sufi wali. Born near the town of Issers, Isser (86 km south east of Algiers), he was raised ...

Cemetery () is a cemetery in the

Casbah of Algiers The Casbah of Algiers, commonly referred to as the Casbah (Arabic: القصبة, Al-qaṣabah, meaning "citadel"), corresponds to the old town or Medina quarter, medina of Algiers, the capital of Algeria. It is a historic district that has been l ...

in the commune of the

. The name "Thaalibia" is related to

History

This

Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many death, dead people are burial, buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ...

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 The Zawiya Thaalibia () or the Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi, Sidi Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi Zawiya () is a Zawiya (institution), zawiya in the Casbah of Algiers in the Communes of Algeria, commune of Casbah in Algeria. The name "Thaalibia" relates ...

Notable interments

* Abdelhalim Bensmaia * *

Ahmed Bey ben Mohamed Chérif Ahmed Bey ben Mohamed Sherif, also known as Ahmed Bey or Hadj Ahmed Bey () (c. 1784 – c. 1850) was the last ''bey'' of Constantine, Algeria, Constantine in the Regency of Algiers, ruling from 1826 to 1848. He was the successor of Mohamed Menamen ...

* * 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 Kouloughli of partial Georgian ( Mengrelian) and Native Algerian origins born in Algeria. He was the dey of the Deylik of A ...

* 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 origin,. Bencheneb became a teacher from 1889, mastering several languages, in addition to Arabic a ...

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Mohammed Racim Mohammed Racim (, 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 Algiers in 1896 into a di ...

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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 Khaznadji on 7 April 1815, who had been in office for only 17 days. Early life He was born on the island of Myt ...

Omar Racim Omar Racim (1884–1959) was an Algerian artist who founded the Algerian school of miniature painting in 1939, alongside his brother Mohammed Racim. Racim also founded the nationalist journals ''Al Djazair'' in 1908, ''Al Farouq'' in 1913, and ' ...

* Ouali Dada * Sidi Abd Youssef * Sidi Abdallah *

Sidi Betqa ''Sidi'' or ''Sayidi'', also Sayyidi and Sayeedi, ( (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. Without the first person possessiv ...

Sidi Bougdour ''Sidi'' or ''Sayidi'', also Sayyidi and Sayeedi, ( (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. Without the first person possessiv ...

Sidi Flih ''Sidi'' or ''Sayidi'', also Sayyidi and Sayeedi, ( (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. Without the first person possessiv ...

Sidi Hassan Sidi Hassan, also known as Hassan Pacha or Hassan III Pacha was the 19th ruler and Dey Regency of Algiers, of Algiers. He ruled for 11 years after his predecessor Baba Mohammed ben-Osman. Early career Sidi Hassan, before becoming dey, was the ...

* Sidi Mansour *

Sidi Ouadah ''Sidi'' or ''Sayidi'', also Sayyidi and Sayeedi, ( (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. Without the first person possessiv ...

Youssef Pacha Yusuf ( ') is a male name meaning "God increases" (in piety, power and influence).From the Hebrew יהוה להוסיף ''YHWH Lhosif'' meaning "YHWH will increase/add". It is the Arabic equivalent of the Hebrew name Yosef and the English name J ...

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

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