Octave Depont

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Octave Depont ( L'Écho d'Alger , May 15, 1937)
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Octave Depont (born 1862 ; died in the 20th century) was a French colonial administrator in Algeria and an orientalist . Together with Xavier Coppolani , he wrote a much-noticed work on the Sufi fraternities : Les confréries religieuses musulmanes ( Algiers 1897). He entered the service of the Algerian administration in 1880, at the age of eighteen. He was administrateur de commune mixte and head of cabinet ( chef de cabinet ) of the Préfet d'Alger , then sous-préfet of Mauléon , Deux-Sèvres . H. Khemissi et al. according to the French government deliberately investigated the Sufi orders in order to undermine them and to make colonialism a success. Previously, Édouard de Neveu (1809–1871) had already been commissioned by the French government to investigate the Sufi orders.

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  1. ^ Digitized version ( BnF Gallica )
  2. ↑ cf. N. MacMaster: Colonial Migrants and Racism: Algerians in France, 1900-62. 1997, p. 55 .
  3. ↑ librairie-grangier.com - accessed April 3, 2019
  4. ↑ Hamidi Khemissi, Ricardo René Larémont & Taybi Taj Eddine: "Sufism, Salafism and state policy towards religion in Algeria: a survey of Algerian youth." The Journal of North African Studies 2012, 1 - 12, iFirst Article - asmeascholars.org : “The French government purposely studied Sufi orders so as to undermine them and to make colonialism successful.”
  5. ↑ cf. Edouard de Neveu : Les Khouan: Ordres religieux chez les Musulmans de l'Algérie . A. Guyot, Paris 1846 digitized version (2nd A.)

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SURNAME Depont, Octave
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French colonial official in Algeria
DATE OF BIRTH 1862
DATE OF DEATH 20th century