Madrasa El Bechiria
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Madrasa El Bechiria (Arabic: المدرسة البشيرية) is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis., which was constructed during the Husainid Dynasty and was attached to a zawiya.
Etymology[edit]
The madrasa is named after Sheikh Mohamed Al Bechir Al Zouaoui (Arabic: محمد البشير الزواوي), who was an important Rahmaniyya tariqa scholar, who died in Tunis in 1826.
Location[edit]
The madrasa is located on the Sidi El Bechir Street, in the southern suburb of the medina of Tunis.
History[edit]
The madrasa was dedicated to students from the Zouaoua tribe who followed the Rahmaniyya tariqa. It was built with a mausoleum in 1824 (1240 Hijri) by Al-Husayn II ibn Mahmud. It was managed by the son of Sheikh Al Bechir after his death.
Description[edit]
The madrasa contains seven rooms and a mosque.
Evolution[edit]
After the Tunisian independence, this madrasa was destroyed as part of restorations on Sidi El Bechir Street.
Students[edit]
Among students of this madarsa, we can find the historian Ahmad ibn Abi Diyaf who assisted tafsir classes (Quran explanations) taught by Al Bechir in person.
Bibliography[edit]
- Mohamed Belkhodja (1939). Tārīkh maʻālim al-tawḥīd fī al-qadīm wa-fī al-Jadīd (in Arabic). Tunis: al-Maṭbaʻah al-Tūnisīyah.
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