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Setif

سطيف

A large, populous fortress two stages south of Bijaya, with fruit trees of many kinds and fragrant produce sold cheaply. 1

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Setif is a large, populous fortress, lying two stages south of Bejaia, according to al-Idrisi. It has fruit trees of many kinds, and perfume is sold there at a cheap price. 2

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Mohamed Bachir El Ibrahimi

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Mohamed Bachir El Ibrahimi

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  1. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p. 269
  2. Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols. , p.269
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Mohamed Bachir El Ibrahimi

Algerian scholar and man of letters (1889–1965). Educated in Medina and Damascus, he was Abdelhamid Ben Badis's companion and deputy in the Algerian reform movement and succeeded him as president of the Association of Algerian Muslim Ulama (1940); his sermons and his articles in al-Basa'ir made him one of the leading intellectual figures of the Arab world.