Algiers, Algeria - Sidi Abder Shrine / mosque in Casbah - postcard c.1920s

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  • Picture / Image:  Mosquee Sidi Abder Rahman - this is in the Casbah in Algiers, Algeria
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Sidi Abdul-Rahman (1384 ce/785 ah – 1479 ce/875 ah) was born near the town of Isser 86 km south east of Algiers. He was rose in a very spiritual environment with high Islamic values and ethics.[1]

When 15 years old, Sidi Abdul-Rahman, with his father Sidi Mohamed Ben Makhlouf, went to Morocco for studies where he met the Muslim scholar Sidi Mohamed Ibn Marzoug Al Adrissi. In 1392, he made another trip to Bejaia (200 km east of Algiers) seeking knowledge where his father died. He stayed in Bejaia for 7 years studying Islamic sciences.

He then travelled to Tunis in 1406, Cairo in 1414 and Bursa in Turkey, where he was well received and a shrine was erected in his honour which remains an endowment for this saint man.

From Turkey, Sidi Abdul-Rahman went to perform Hajj to Mecca, after which he returned to his native Algeria after a 20 years. He taught in the Great Mosque of Algiers until he died on the Friday of 23rd of Ramadan 875 AH, the 15th of March 1479 after dedicating 95 years of his

A kasbah or in older English casbah, in India a qasbah (Arabic: ?????? al-qa?bah) or qassabah is a type of medina, Islamic city, or fortress (citadel).[1][2][3]

In the al-Baha and Asir provinces of Saudi Arabia and in Yemen, the word ""qasaba"" usually refers to a single stone or rock tower, either as part of a tower house or a tower isolated on a hilltop or commanding a field.

It was a place for the local leader to live and a defense when a city was under attack. A kasbah has high walls, usually without windows. Sometimes, they were built on hilltops so that they could be more easily defended. Some were placed near the entrance to harbors.

Having a kasbah built was a sign of wealth of some families in the city. Almost all cities had their kasbah, this building being something necessary for the city to survive. When colonization started in 1830, in northern Algeria, there were a great number of kasbahs that lasted for more than 100 years.

The word kasbah may also be used to describe the old part of a city, in which case it has the same meaning as a medina quarter. The Spanish word alcazaba is a cognate naming the equivalent building in Andalusia or Moorish Spain. In Portuguese, it derived into the word alcáçova. In Turkish and Urdu the word kasaba refers to a settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city; in short, a town.

In India, a qasbah is a small town distinguished by the presence of Muslim families of rank.[4]