Thaalibia Cemetery ( ar, المقبرة الثعالبية) or Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi 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 of the

. The name "Thaalibia" is related to Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi.

History

This Islamic

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 bu ...

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

* Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi * Abdelhalim Bensmaia * * Ahmed Bey ben Mohamed Chérif * *

Ali Ben El-Haffaf ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...

* Ali Khodja * 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 ( 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 Al ...

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

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 Bougdour * Sidi Flih * * 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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