Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine Cemetery
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| Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine Cemetery | |
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مقبرة سيدي أمحمد بوقبرين مقبرة الحامة - مقبرة بلوزداد | |
Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine Cemetery | |
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| Details | |
| Location | |
| Country | Algeria |
| Coordinates | 36°45′01″N 3°03′55″E / 36.7501885°N 3.065305°E |
| Type | Islamic Cemetery |
| Style | Moorish |
| Owned by | Waqf |
| Size | 2 hectares |
Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine Cemetery (Arabic: مقبرة سيدي أمحمد بوقبرين) is a cemetery in the commune of Belouizdad in Algeria. The name relates to Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine.[1]
In the place of this Muslim cemetery, in 1830 during the French conquest of Algeria, there was only the mausoleum of Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine and a few graves among the wild olive trees.[2]
It was then that the burials of the Muslim dead in Algiers were more and more numerous in the El Kettar cemetery from 1834, and in the Sidi M'hamed Cemetery.[3]
The latter began to be a Muslim necropolis only around 1850, when the cemeteries occupying the site of the streets of Tripoli, Larbi Ben Mhidi, Ali Boumendjel and Boulevard Debbih Cherif were destroyed.[4]
Originally surrounded by cacti and aloe vera, a perimeter wall was built to surrounded it at the start of the 20th century.[5][6]
The entrance gate, the minaret, the portico and the fountain were also built at this time.[7]
Notable interments

