Abdelhalim Bensmaia

Abdelhalim Bensmaia (1866-1933)[1] was a prominent Islamic scholar.[2] He was also a reformist, humanist and musician.[3]

Abdelhalim Bensmaia
Born1866
Algiers, French Algeria
Died1933
Algiers, French Algeria

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.

References
  1. 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..
  2. Glasser, Jonathan (2016), The Lost Paradise: Andalusi Music in Urban North Africa, University of Chicago Press, p. 117, ISBN 022632723X
  3. Tahri, Hamid (2013), Abdelhalim Bensmaïa: du savant... aux cours par correspondance, Djazairess
  4. https://www.elwatan.com/archives/culture-archives/abdelhalim-bensmaia-une-legende-de-rayonnement-culturel-a-redecouvrir-01-06-2013
  5. https://www.elwatan.com/pages-hebdo/portrait/le-penseur-emerite-et-la-medersa-perdue-17-07-2014
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