Blessed Aziz

Blessed Aziz or Ben Aziz is one of the communes of the Daïra of Blessed Aziz in the Wilaya Algérie of Sétif. Founded in 1898 at the time of the French Colonization, it was named Chevreul in the honor of the French chemist Eugene Chevreul. It then named Arbaoun until in 1984. It is known to be the medieval historic site of Ikedjane .

Will daïra

Will daïra of Blessed Aziz has a surface of 231 km ² and more than 43000 inhabitants and includes/understands the following communes:

Blessed Aziz
Ain Sebt

Ikedjane

To 7 km in the north of Blessed Aziz is the archeological site of Ikedjane , Ikdjen , Ikdjan or Ikjan . Archaeological excavations carried out at the time colonial highlighted a first layer concerned with Islamic civilization, a second layer of ancient civilization and a third of the Roman pre era.

In 893, a missionary propagandist (dâ `I) ismaélien, Abû “Abd Allâh ach-Chî' I arrives of Mecque where it met some Berbère S Kutama S at which it had a presentiment of a possibility of recruiting disciples. These Berber expresses their desire of independence with regard to the Arab Aghlabides first dynasty reigning on the Ifriqiya in the name of the Abbasid Caliph Al-Muʿtadhid.

Abû `Abd Allâh prepares the come to power of the eleventh Imam ismaélien `Ubayd Allah Al-Mahdî founder of the dynasty fatimide to replace the Aghlabides. After having achieved its task, Abû `Abd Allah pushed by his/her brother starts to plot against the caliph that it to some extent created. `Ubayd Allah makes put at dead a certain number of kutamas chiefs become rebellious then made carry out Abû `Abd Allah and its brother on February 18th, 911.

See also: Abu Abd Allah ach-Chi' I, Abû `Abd Allâh ach-Chî' I

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