Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine

Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine (Arabic: سيدي محمد بو قبرين) is the founder of the Rahmaniyya Sufi order and is one of the seven Patron Saints of Algiers.[1] The Sidi M'Hamed District in Algiers and the municipality of the same name, Sidi M'Hamed, are both named after him.

He was born around the year 1720 in the village of At Smaïl, Boghni, Tizi Ouzou.

References

  1. Bentaleb, Mohamed (August 16, 2011). "Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine le saint aux deux tombeaux". El Moudjahid. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
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