Madrasa Thaalibia
{{Short description|Madrasa in Algiers, Algeria}}
{{About|Madrasa Thaalibia||Thaalibia (disambiguation)}}
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| name = Madrasa Thaalibia
| native_name = المدرسة الثعالبية
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| country = Algeria
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| type = Madrasa
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| established = October 17, 1904
| founder = Charles Jonnart
| closed = 1954
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| head = Ahmed Ben Zekri{{Cite web|url=https://elbassair.org/3053/|title=أُمِّي حَكِيم/ محمد الصالح الصديق|date=June 12, 2018}}
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The Madrasa Thaalibia ({{Langx|ar|المدرسة الثعالبية}}; {{langx|fr|link=no|Médersa Thaâlibiyya}}), is a madrasa located in Algiers, Algeria. It was founded on 17 October 1904 by Charles Jonnart and subsequently became one of the leading spiritual and educational centres of Algeria.{{Cite web|url=https://bibamous.skyrock.com/2521983749-Medersa.html|title=Médersa|date=June 28, 2009|website=Skyrock}}
Architecture
The building of this madrasa was designed by the architect {{illm|Henri Petit|fr|Henri Petit (architecte)}} (1856–1926).{{Cite news|url=https://www.elwatan.com/archives/arts-et-lettres-archives/henri-petit-06-12-2007|title=Henri Petit | El Watan|newspaper=El Watan|date=December 6, 2007}} The style followed the Moorish Revival architecture under the guidance of Jonnart,{{Cite web|url=http://algeroisementvotre.free.fr/site0900/casbah04.html|title=La Casbah d'Alger|website=jf.vinaccio.free.fr}}
Four domes flank the central dome, a vestibule and a porch open between the two domes of the main façade.{{Cite web|url=https://www.alamyimages.fr/la-medersa-el-thaalibiya-construite-en-1904-l-etablissement-d-enseignement-superieur-alger-une-carte-postale-en-couleur-1931-image335297024.html|title=La medersa el Thaalibiya ( construite en 1904), l'etablissement d'enseignement superieur, Alger, une carte postale en couleur, 1931 Photo Stock|first=Alamy|last=Limited|website=Alamy}} All the walls are lined, halfway up, with paneled earthenware faience and tiles.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lesclesdumoyenorient.com/Le-role-des-medersas-coloniales-de-l-Algerie-francaise-dans-l-orientalisme-du.html|title=Le rôle des medersas coloniales de l'Algérie française dans l'orientalisme du début du XIXème siècle|website=www.lesclesdumoyenorient.com}}
For about fifty years since 1954, the building no longer has its vocation as a higher establishment for Medersians.{{cite web | url=https://www.poste.dz/philately/s/63 | title=Médersas - Algérie Poste }}
Teachers
- Abdelhalim Bensmaia{{Cite news|url=https://www.elwatan.com/pages-hebdo/portrait/le-penseur-emerite-et-la-medersa-perdue-17-07-2014|title=Le penseur émerite et la médersa perdue | El Watan|newspaper=El Watan}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.elwatan.com/archives/culture-archives/abdelhalim-bensmaia-une-legende-de-rayonnement-culturel-a-redecouvrir-01-06-2013|title=Abdelhalim Bensmaïa : une légende de rayonnement culturel à redécouvrir | El Watan|website=www.elwatan.com}}
- Mohamed Bencheneb{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sepwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT370|title = المجتمع والإسلام والنخب الإصلاحية في تونس والجزائر: دراسة مقارنة من منظور علم الاجتماع التاريخي|date = January 2018|isbn = 9786144452042}}
- {{illm|Abdelkader Medjaoui|ar|عبد القادر المجاوي}}
- {{illm|Ali Ammali|ar|علي العمالي}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sDBxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA96|title = أضواء على الطريقة الرحمانية الخلوتية|isbn = 9782745161079|last1 = مفتاح|first1 = عبد الباقي|date = January 2009}}
- {{illm|Belkacem Hafnaoui|ar|أبو القاسم الحفناوي}}
- Abderrazak Ashraf
- Mohamed Saïd Ben Zekri{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SfPrDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA24|title = الشيخ طاهر الجزائري ونظرته إلى تدريس العقيدة|isbn = 9782123460251|last1 = مرزوق العمري|first1 = د.}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ob5jDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA126|title = موسوعة العلماء والأدباء الجزائريين . الجزء الأول، الحروف أ، ب، ت، ث، ج، ح، خ|date = January 2014|isbn = 9796500167800}}
Students
- Omar Racim{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n75jDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA39|title = موسوعة العلماء و الأدباء الجزائريين. الجزء الثاني، من حرف الدال إلى حرف الياء|date = January 2014|isbn = 9796500167794}}
- Si Kaddour Benghabrit{{Cite web|url=http://rol-benzaken.centerblog.net/14638-si-kaddour-ben-ghabrit|title=SI KADDOUR BEN GHABRIT.|date=October 18, 2017|website=Centerblog}}
- {{illm|Abderrahmane Djilali|ar|عبد الرحمان الجيلالي}}
- Noureddine Abdelkader{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n75jDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA674|title = موسوعة العلماء و الأدباء الجزائريين. الجزء الثاني، من حرف الدال إلى حرف الياء|date = January 2014|isbn = 9796500167794}}
See also
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Category:School buildings completed in 1904
Category:20th-century establishments in Algeria
Category:Moorish Revival architecture