Bobigny cemetery

Muslim cemetery in France

Bobigny cemetery is a Muslim-only burial ground near Paris in the town of Bobigny, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.

Lying just a few kilometers to the northeast of Paris, the town of Bobigny is home to one of only two Muslim cemeteries in France. It was created by the French government in 1937 on the site adjacent to the Franco-Muslim Hospital of Bobigny and hold about 7000 plots, for mainly North African people.^[1] It is a listed historical monument since 2006.^[2] It is not to be confused with the larger and multi-faith Cimetière parisien de Pantin nearby

Notable interments

Peyveste Hanım – wife of Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Şehsuvar Hanım – wife of Caliphate of the Ottoman Empire
Osman Fuad – Ottoman prince
Akbar agha Sheykhulislamov – exile Azerbaijani politician and cabinet minister
Princess Niloufer – Ottoman princess
Abdul Halim Khaddam – Syrian statesman

Gallery

Hairi
Kacimi-Tombe-Bobigny
Karray
Kechit-tombe-Bobigny
Ahmed Nureddin Efendi (1900–1945), son of the Ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II
Ben Salah
Boussakra
Prince Omar Halim-tomb
Princesse Selma-tombe
Salle de priere
Slouati-tomb
Tomb Boughera El Ouafi
Carré militaire drapeau avec vieilles tombes

References

^ The Muslim Cemetery of Bobigny Archived 2016-12-26 at the Wayback Machine.
^ Base Mérimée: PA93000020, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French) Cimetière musulman