Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine Cemetery Explained

Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine Cemetery
Native Name:	مقبرة سيدي أمحمد بوقبرين مقبرة الحامة - مقبرة بلوزداد
Native Name Lang:	Arabic
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Location:	Belouizdad
Country:	Algeria
Coordinates:	36.7502°N 3.0653°W
Type:	Islamic Cemetery
Style:	Moorish
Owner:	Waqf
Size:	2 hectares

Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine Cemetery (Arabic: مقبرة سيدي أمحمد بوقبرين) is a cemetery in the commune of Belouizdad in Algeria. The name relates to Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine.^[1]

History

In the place of this Muslim cemetery, in 1830 during the French conquest of Algeria, there was only the mausoleum of Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine and a few graves among the wild olive trees.^[2]

It was then that the burials of the Muslim dead in Algiers were more and more numerous in the El Kettar cemetery from 1834, and in the Sidi M'hamed Cemetery.^[3]

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.^[4]

Originally surrounded by cacti and aloe vera, a perimeter wall was built to surrounded it at the start of the 20th century.^{[5] [6]}

The entrance gate, the minaret, the portico and the fountain were also built at this time.^[7]

Notable interments

• Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine
• ^[8]
• Ahmed Senhadji^[9]
• Aïssat Idir^[10]
• Ali Boumendjel^[11]
• Amina Belouizdad^[12]
• Hassiba Ben Bouali^[13]
• Larbi Zekkal^[14]
• Madani Abbassi^[15]
• Malek Bennabi^[16]
• Mohamed Bachir El Ibrahimi^[17]
• Mohamed Belouizdad^[18]
• Mohamed Lefkir^[19]
• ^[20]

See also

• Cemeteries of Algiers

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cimetières d'Alger. Djazairess.
2. Web site: Cimetières Alger.. Des ouvriers qui trichent. Djazairess.
3. Web site: "Le secteur n'a pas bénéficié d'un intérêt particulier des autorités". Djazairess.
4. Web site: Cimetières A Alger, on n'a plus de place pour enterrer nos morts. Djazairess.
5. Web site: Les cimetières de la capitale saturés. Djazairess.
6. Web site: Alger : chute d'un arbre géant au cimetière de Sidi M'hamed sans aucun dégât. Djazairess.
7. Web site: Visite guidée au cimetière de Sidi M’hamed Personnalités et légendes au flanc de l’oubli. www.algerie-dz.com.
8. Web site: Cheikh Abderrahmane Djilali inhumé au cimetière de Sidi M'hamed (Alger). Djazairess.
9. Web site: Ahmed Senhadji inhumé au cimetière de Sidi M'hamed (Alger). Djazairess.
10. Web site: Aïssat Idir. Djazairess.
11. Web site: Ali Boumendjel repose au cimetière de Sidi M'hamed. Djazairess.
12. Web site: La speakerine Amina Belouizdad n'est plus. Djazairess.
13. Web site: Un haut lieu de mémoire. Djazairess.
14. Web site: Larbi Zekkal inhumé au cimetière de Sidi M'hamed (Alger). Djazairess.
15. Web site: Abassi Madani enterré au cimetière de Sidi Mhamed à Belcourt devant une foule monstre. April 27, 2019.
16. Web site: Malek Bennabi ... Suite et fin. Djazairess.
17. Web site: Les Oulémas algériens et la Révolution : Clarifications à propos de certaines vérités historiques. Djazairess.
18. Web site: Le 14 janvier 1952 décédait Mohamed Belouizdad. Djazairess.
19. Web site: Mohamed Lefkir inhumé hier. Djazairess.
20. Web site: Le défunt moudjahid Zoubir Bouadjadj inhumé au cimetière de Sidi M'hamed à Alger. Djazairess.