مدينة بجاية معقل صوفي مهم خلال الفترة الوسيطة

Abstract EN

The subject of our research revolves around the city of Bejaia and its importance for Sufis as well as its role in the Sufi movement.

Historically significant and civilized, as it dates back to Phoenician times as a harbor and a small village that developed and grew during the Roman and Byzantine eras, its real role was to establish a Hammadid nation whose rulers moved their capital to it from the citadel.

Bejaia emerged in Sufism in the days of the Hammadids, the Almohads and the Hafsids where the Sufis sought refuge during the Hammadi rule from the areas under the control of the Almoravids.

After the control of the Almohads over it, Sufi activity flourished due to the position of the Almohad authority towards the Sufis which was dominated by tolerance, to continue this prosperity during the days of the Hafsids, rulers of Africa, who joined it to their areas of influence; The factors of the flourishing of the Sufi movement in Bejaia are also due to: the flourishing of the scientific movement in general, the Andalusian migration that contributed to enriching the Sufi field a lot, the spread of poverty and misery among the common classes, the spread of social and moral evils, belief in the ability and dignity of saints; As for the Sufi currents prevailing in Bejaia from the Hammadid era to the Hafsid era, there were two: the Sunni mysticism and the philosophical mysticism currents.