Madrasa El Bechiria

Madrasa El Bechiria (Arabic: المدرسة البشيرية) is one of the madrasahs of the medina of Tunis., which was constructed during the Husainid Dynasty and was attached to a zawiya.

The madrasa is named after Sheikh Mohamed Al Bechir Al Zouaoui (Arabic: محمد البشير الزواوي), who was an important Rahmaniyya tariqa scholar, who died in Tunis in 1826.

The madrasa is located on the Sidi El Bechir Street, in the southern suburb of the medina of Tunis.

After the Tunisian independence, this madrasa was destroyed as part of restorations on Sidi El Bechir Street.

Among students of this madarsa, we can find the historian Ahmad ibn Abi Diyaf who assisted tafsir classes (Quran explanations) taught by Al Bechir in person.