Abdelhalim Bensmaia
Abdelhalim Bensmaia | |
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| Born | 1866 |
| Died | 1933 |
Abdelhalim Bensmaia (1866-1933)[1] was a prominent Islamic scholar.[2] He was also a reformist, humanist and musician.[3]
Personal life[]
Bensmaia was born in Algiers into a family of Turkish origin.[1] His father, Ali Ben Abderrahmane Khodja, was the last mufti Malikite of Algiers.[1] His nephew, Omar Bensmaia, was a prominent visual artist and successful tobacco merchant.[2]
He taught in Madrasa Thaalibia since its inuaguration in 17 october 1904.[4][5]
After his death in 1933, he was buried in the Thaalibia Cemetery of the Casbah of Algiers.
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References[]
- ^ a b c Cheurfi, Achour (2001), La Classe Politique Algérienne (de 1900 à nos jours): Dictionnaire Biographique, University of Michigan, p. 96, ISBN 9961-64-292-9,
BENSMANIA Abdelhalim (1866-1933) Né à Alger dans une famille d'origine turque, son père Ali Ben Abderrahmane Khodja, dernier muphti malékite d'Alger, attacha une grande importance à son éducation morale et religieuse.
. - ^ a b Glasser, Jonathan (2016), The Lost Paradise: Andalusi Music in Urban North Africa, University of Chicago Press, p. 117, ISBN 978-0226327235
- ^ Tahri, Hamid (2013), Abdelhalim Bensmaïa: du savant... aux cours par correspondance, Djazairess
- ^ "Abdelhalim Bensmaïa : Une légende de rayonnement culturel à redécouvrir | el Watan".
- ^ "Le penseur émerite et la médersa perdue | el Watan".
Categories:
- 1866 births
- 1933 deaths
- People from Algiers
- 20th-century Algerian people
- Algerian people of Turkish descent
- Islam in Algeria