Zawiya Thaalibia (Algiers)

{{Expand Arabic|topic=struct|زاوية سيدي عبد الرحمن الثعالبي (الجزائر)|date=December 2020}}

{{Infobox university

| name = Zawiya Thaalibia

| native_name = الزاوية الثعالبية

| native_name_lang = Arabic

| image = The view from Sidi Abder Rahman Mosque on the bay of Algiers.jpg

| caption = Zawiya Thaalibia

| other_name = زاوية سيدي عبد الرحمن الثعالبي

| former_name = زاوية قصبة الجزائر

| type = Zawiya

| established = 1460 CE / 864 AH

| founder = Sidi Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi

| affiliation = Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments

| religious_affiliation = Qadiriyya, Rahmaniyya

| address = Casbah of Algiers

| city = Algiers

| state = Algiers Province

| province = Kabylia, Mitidja

| country = Algeria

| postalcode = 16022

| coordinates = {{coord|36.7884592|N|3.05956|E|region:AL_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| language = Arabic, Berber

| logo = Color-orange.JPG

}}

The Zawiya Thaalibia ({{langx|ar|الزاوية الثعالبية}}) or the Sidi Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi Zawiya ({{langx|ar|زاوية سيدي عبد الرحمان الثعالبي}}) is a zawiya in the Casbah of Algiers in the commune of Casbah in Algeria. The name "Thaalibia" relates to Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi.{{cite web|url=https://visitalgeria.dz/%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D8%A3%D9%88-%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A/|title=بوابة الترويج السياحي الجزائري {{pipe}} زاوية سيدي عبد الرحمن الثعالبي أو زاوية قصبة جزائر بني مزغنة|website=visitalgeria.dz|access-date=2020-12-16}}{{cite web|url=https://www.elhiwardz.com/national/18080/|title="سيدي عبد الرحمن".. عبق الجزائر المحروسة - الحوار الجزائرية|website=elhiwardz.com|access-date=2020-12-16}}

Presentation

Sidi Abderrahman established in the Casbah of Algiers this zawiya in 1460 CE, according to the Qadiriya tariqa, in order to recommend the murids and the saliks.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/leskhouanordres00nevegoog|title=Les Khouan: ordres religieux chez les Musulmans de l'Algérie|date=December 16, 1846|publisher=A Guyot|via=Internet Archive}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OOfiDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA127|title=التصوف والطرق الصوفية|first1=عبد الكريم|last1=بليل|first2=مركز الكتاب|last2=الاكاديمي|date=January 1, 2018|publisher=مركز الكتاب الأكاديمي|isbn=9789957353346|via=Google Books}}

When he died during the year 1471 CE, corresponding to the year 875 AH, he was buried in a room inside his corner.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/maraboutsetkhoua00rinn|title=Marabouts et Khouan. Étude sur l'Islam en Algérie|first=Louis|last=Rinn|date=December 16, 1884|publisher=Alger, A. Jourdan|via=Internet Archive}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OOfiDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA118|title=التصوف والطرق الصوفية|first1=عبد الكريم|last1=بليل|first2=مركز الكتاب|last2=الاكاديمي|date=January 1, 2018|publisher=مركز الكتاب الأكاديمي|isbn=9789957353346|via=Google Books}}

A mausoleum of his own was built immediately after his death to protect his grave from any damage resulting from the influx of visitors, the blessed and the supplicants.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/LesMarabouts|title=les marabouts|via=Internet Archive}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eQHeDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT312|title=العرب: من مرج دابق إلى سايكس – بيكو (1916-1516) - تحولات بُنى السلطة والمجتمع: من الكيانات والإمارات السلطانية إلى الكيانات الوطنية|first1=مجموعة|last1=مؤلفين|first2=المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة|last2=السياسات|date=January 1, 2020|publisher=المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات|isbn=9786144453247|via=Google Books}}

Compartments

File:Sidi Abderrahmane At-Thaâlibi Tombe.jpg]]

The structure of this institution is divided into compartments:{{Cite journal|url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/horma_0984-2616_1999_num_41_1_1843|title=Le soufisme algérien à l'époque coloniale|first=Omar|last=Benaissa|date=December 16, 1999|journal=Horizons Maghrébins - le droit à la mémoire|volume=41|issue=1|pages=91–103|via=www.persee.fr|doi=10.3406/horma.1999.1843}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ob5jDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA50|title=موسوعة العلماء والأدباء الجزائريين . الجزء الأول، الحروف أ، ب، ت، ث، ج، ح، خ|date=January 1, 2014|publisher=Al Manhal|isbn=9796500167800|via=Google Books}}

  • Zawiya Thaalibia.{{Cite journal|url=http://journals.openedition.org/rh19/4043|title=Les maîtres de l'Heure. Soufisme et eschatologie en Algérie coloniale (1845-1901)|first=Mouloud|last=Haddad|date=December 15, 2010|journal=Revue d'histoire du XIXe siècle. Société d'histoire de la révolution de 1848 et des révolutions du XIXe siècle|issue=41|pages=49–61|via=journals.openedition.org|doi=10.4000/rh19.4043|doi-access=free}}
  • {{illm|Mosque of Sidi Abderrahmane Et-Thaalibi|ar|مسجد سيدي عبد الرحمان|lt=Thaalibi Mosque}}.{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/307601585|title=التصوف و المتصوفة في الجزائر العثمانية ما بين القرنين السادس عشر و الثامن عشر Sufism and Sufis in Algeria Ottoman between the sixteenth and eighteenth|website=ResearchGate|accessdate=Feb 25, 2021}}
  • Thaalibia Cemetery.{{cite web|url=https://hoggar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/algerian-sufism.pdf |access-date=2023-08-25|title=ALGERIAN SUFISM IN THE COLONIAL PERIOD|first=Omar|last=Benaïssa}}
  • Thaalibi Mausoleum.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_GT8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA107|title=دينامية النص الصوفي - بحوث ودراسات في التصوف الإسلامي|first=قويدر|last=قيدار ،الدكتور|date=January 1, 2020|publisher=Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah دار الكتب العلمية|isbn=9782745192875|via=Google Books}}

Gallery

File:Mosquée à la Casbah d'Alger.JPG|Zawiya Thaalibia

File:Sidi ABderahmane Thaalibi - Casbah D'alger -.jpg|Zawiya Thaalibia

File:Plan sidi abderrahmane.jpg|{{illm|Mosque of Sidi Abderrahmane Et-Thaalibi|ar|مسجد سيدي عبد الرحمان}}

File:Mausolée de Sidi Abderrahmane ben Mohamed ben Makhlouf At-Thaalibi.JPG|Mausoleum of Sidi Abderrahmane Et-Thaalibi

File:Cimetière des Thaalba à Alger 5.JPG|Thaalibia Cemetery

See also

References

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