Sidi Okba (Arabic: سيدي عقبة) is a commune in the Biskra Province, Algeria. It was named after the Muslim General Uqba ibn Nafi who died there in 683 AD. The nearest big city is Biskra which is located 18 km away.
Sidi Okba sits on an oasis. In 1911 it was described by Baedeker as "the religious center of the Zab". Baedeker stated that the town founded by pilgrims visiting the tomb of Sidi Okba who died in a nearby town called Thouda. The Sidi Okba Mosque, which was built around Okba's tomb, is the oldest Islamic monument in the country.[1]
^Jean Paul Charnay (1965). La vie musulmane en Algérie: d'après la jurisprudence de la première moitié du XXe siècle. Pr. Univ. de France. p. 355.
SidiOkba (Arabic: سيدي عقبة) is a commune in the Biskra Province, Algeria. It was named after the Muslim General Uqba ibn Nafi who died there in 683...
SidiOkba Mosque (Arabic: مسجد سيدي عقبة, Masjid Sīdī ʻUqbah) is a historic mosque in Algeria, located in the village of SidiOkba, near Biskra. The mausoleum...
the mosques built Muhammad. Al-Watiya Air Base in Libya is also known as "Okba ibn Nafa Air Base" after him. Extant records of most of the accounts describing...
high-quality Deglet Nour dates. Other localities include Lichoua, SidiOkba, Sidi Khaled, El-Kantara and Ouled Djellal. The Biskra area has been inhabited...
the dispossessed Algerian youth. Madani was born in Diyar Ben Aissa, SidiOkba, now in Biskra Province. In his youth he joined the National Liberation...
SidiOkba District is a district of Biskra Province, Algeria. The district has 4 municipalities: SidiOkba Chetma El Haouch Aïn Naga In SidiOkba there...
identifiable with the stone ruins at the oasis adjacent to the village of SidiOkba, Algeria. The Diocese of Tabuda (Tabudensis) is a suppressed and titular...
and is said to be one of the oldest mosques in Algeria after SidiOkba Mosque and Sidi Ghanem Mosque [fr]. An inscription on the mosque's minbar (pulpit)...
period, causing the original structure to be narrowed. The Mosque of SidiOkba near Biskra (present-day Algeria) belongs to a large complex built around...
Vol. 2. Oxford University Press. p. 366. ISBN 9780195309911. Lafer, Ali. "Sidi 'Uqba (mosque, minaret and tomb)". Discover Islamic Art, Museum With No Frontiers...
novelist, and journalist was born on the 15 December 1910 in the village of SidiOkba in the Biskra Province of Algeria. He grew up in Algeria and moved to...
Octobre 20 Août 26 Avril 1958 El-Allaouia Ibn Rochd Kouicem Abdelhak Sidi Messaoud SidiOkba Et-Tagtaguia Souk Ahras has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate...
and his army at Tahouda, a small village located 5 km from the oasis "SidiOkba". His body was buried in the mosque of the city that took his name. According...
de Sidi Ghanem de Mila, une histoire à écrire". www.elmoudjahid.com. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017. "Sidi 'Uqba...
Aghlabids, the Fatimids, and the Zirids. The Mosque of Sidi Uqba, in the village of SidiOkba (near Biskra), is reputedly the oldest Islamic monument...
many photographs of landscapes and cities of south Algeria (El Kantara, SidiOkba, Chetma, Tilatou, Tolga, Touggourt ...). The members of the Ouled Naïl...
culture (null ed.). London: I.B. Tauris. pp. 201–213. ISBN 978-1-84511-549-4. Sidi 'Uqba (mosque, minaret and tomb) Museum With No Frontiers. Retrieved 8-1-2017...
m high Mount SidiOkba (جبل سيدي عقبة) 1,706 m high Mount Gourou (جبل قورو) 1,686 m high Oum El Guedour (أم القدور) 1,503 m high Kef Sidi Bouzid (كاف سيدي...
Sénia Gdyel Hassi Ben Okba Hassi Bounif Hassi Mefsoukh Mers El Hadjadj Mers El Kébir Misserghin Oran Oued Tlélat Sidi Ben Yebka Sidi Chami Tafraoui Algeria...
M'Lili Upload Photo 07-003 wooden door of the mosque Architectural element SidiOkba 34°45′19″N 5°54′24″E / 34.755274291122575°N 5.906719118356705°E / 34...
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