الوضع الاجتماعي "لمسلمي" تلمسان من خلال كتابات المستشرق ألفرد بيل في بداية القرن العشرين

الملخص EN

The French occupation of Tlemcen in 1842 exposed it to several urban changes, and demographic and intellectual transformations among which the establishment of the high school of Tlemcen in 1850, and bringing orientalists to supervise its students.

that was an important factor that enabled them to understand the religious rituals and ideological aspects of the ‘‘Muslims’’ of Tlemcen.

amongst these orientalists, Alfred Bel who was interested in their lives and he transmitted important details and accurate information about them in his book ‘‘the Muslim population of Tlemcen’’.

in addition to the previously mentioned aspects that will be revealed in this study, we will also discuss the integration of orientalists in the society, particularly with the notables of the city, to gain their trust in order to see how they run in order to control them.

therefore, the best way to do so was to know their features and various behaviors particularly what was related to their customs and traditions and the important Sufi brotherhoods.