Tebourba (Tunisian Arabic: طبربة ṫbūrbāⓘ) is a town in Tunisia, located about 20 miles (30 km) from the capital Tunis, former ancient city (Thuburbo Minus) and bishopric, now a Latin Catholic titular see.
[1] The amphitheatre, which was dug partly into a hill, must have originally measured 36 x 48 m.[7] Thuburbo Minus is included in the Catholic Church's list of titular bishoprics since the diocese was formally revived in the late 19th century.
It has had the following incumbents, of the lowest (episcopal) rank:[8] Despite the lack of references dealing with the history of the city of Tebourba during the Old Testament, the information we have confirms its status since the second half of the first century BC.
In this context, the small colony of Tebourba, Thuburbo Minus, was established with the aim of housing veterans belonging to the Eighth Corps, given the fertile lands available in this region distributed on both banks of the Medjerda River.
In this context, we can mention the two Saints Félicité et Perpétue, who were persecuted and then executed in the circular theater in Carthage in the year 203 AD during the reign of Septime Sévère.
The colony of Tebourba was also surrounded by many small towns and villages, the importance of which archaeological excavations have proven, such as Uzalissar, El-Mahrine Sidi Ghrib, Thubba, Thibiuca, Cancari With the end of ancient times and the beginning of a new era with the spread of the Islamic religion and Arab civilization, the history of the region did not end, but rather continued, but in a new religious form, a different ethnic presence, and the subsequent cultural peculiarities that were new and different from the previous ones.
The city of Tebourba was an important base for the Ottoman rule, which had been established in Tunisia since the year 1574, in terms of agriculture, taxation, and the military.
On this base, Othman Dey built the Tunisian Dar al-Sultan project, considering that the Tebourba region was the richest of the provinces, close to the capital and subject to direct rule by state agencies, and in the city and its borders an agricultural civilization arose.
A new economic, human and urban blood has flowed into it, which today has become one of the most important components of its material and intangible heritage, from buildings to books and manuscripts... passing through agricultural methods and their machinery, to newly developed crops and plantings, irrigation methods, means of transportation and traction... and olive presses, and all the way to the social systems and religious, educational and cultural institutions, and the zawiya's have spread.
The idea of Quranic writings crystallized since the first centuries of Islam, when Muslims were interested in educating their children, taking care of their knowledge, and striving to improve and develop their methods of teaching and memorizing them.
The popular memory in Tebourba is filled with many names of writers and sheikhs such as Muhammad bin Ismail, Bashir Mayneh, Azouz Belhaj Ahmed, Radwan Al-Sedqawi, Faraj Bouaziz, Abdullah bin Nasr, Al-Taher Al-Rubaie, Mukhtar Belhadi, Al-Taher Mahjoub called them soldiers of culture and education.