خزانة الوليد بن الوليد بقصر بعبد الله أدرار الجزائر : وصف و تقديم

Abstract EN

The region of Twat in the southern Algeria consists of many traditional libraries, rich of manuscripts, known locally as Khazain, plural of Khizana.

Their number is estimated at more than 70 khizana among which Khizanat Momamed bin al-Waleed in the village of Ba Abdallah, one of the villages of the region of Timmi in the State of Adrar.

This Khizana was founded in the beginnings of the last century.

Today, it consists of more than 237 manuscripts in different sciences and arts.

It also includes many important archival materials about the history of the region of Twat and the city of Adrar.

In this article, we attempt to explore the contents of this khizana focusing on the manuscripts and documents, and to present a statistical description, and its present-day situation.

The importance of the topic lies in the fact that it give a clear idea about the traditional libraries in the region of Twat through the study of this Khizana as a sample of those scattered in the whole region.

It is important to mention, that these traditional libraries are in need of support and assistance for their continuation in preserving the national heritage of manuscripts