Sebsi

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A Tunisian smoking a Sebsi. Illustration by Alois Schönn for a travel report by Georg Ebers (1878)

Sebsi or sibsi , Arabic سبسي, Plural sbasa , is a type of pipe used as a smoking device in the Maghreb .

A Sebsi is a pipe with a 20 to 40 centimeter long, thin stem made of hardwood as a pipe pipe and a small clay combustion chamber as a pipe head ("chkaf"), which is usually one cubic centimeter in volume and two to three inhalations enables. Shrub jasmine , oleander or laurel-leaved viburnum are used as wood ; the pipe is often used for cannabis consumption in the form of kif . Originally from Morocco , this type of pipe spread over the entire Arabic-speaking southern and eastern Mediterranean coast to the Balkan Peninsula .

At the court of the Beys of Tunis in Le Bardo , one of the most sought-after court offices was that of pipe keeper for the elaborate smoking ceremony called Kaid Sebsi , Kaid el Sebsi or Kaid es-Sebsi ( el Sebsi is abbreviated to Essebsi in Tunisian Arabic ). The Mameluke Ismail Caid Essebsi , who held this court office in the mid-19th century, took it as the name for his family, which became one of the most influential in Tunisia. The Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi , who was in office from 2014 to 2019, comes from this family of origin .

supporting documents

  1. ^ Adolf Wahrmund : Concise dictionary of the Arabic and German language. Volume 2: German-New Arabic Part. Ricker, Giessen 1870, entry “Pipe”, p. 335 ; Richard Slade Harrell, Harvey Sobelman (Eds.): A Dictionary of Moroccan Arabic (= Georgetown Classics in Arabic Language and Linguistics. ). Georgetown University Press, Washington DC 2004, ISBN 1-58901-103-1 , entry "sebsi", p. 134 .
  2. ↑ a b Abderrahmane Merzouki, Joaquı́n Molero Mesa: Concerning Kif, a Cannabis Sativa L. Preparation Smoked in the Rif Mountains of Northern Morocco. In: Journal of Ethno-Pharmacology. Volume 81, 2002, pp. 403-406, doi : 10.1016 / S0378-8741 (02) 00119-8 , here p. 404 with Figure 3 on p. 405 (PDF) .
  3. ↑ Ethan Budd Russo, Abderrahmane Merzouki, Joaquín Molero Mesa, KA Frey, PJ Bach: Cannabis Improves Night Vision: A Case Study of Dark Adaptometry and Scotopic Sensitivity in Kif Smokers of the Rifmountains of Northern Morocco. In: Journal of Ethnopharmacology. Volume 93, 2004, pp. 99-104, doi : 10.1016 / j.jep.2004.03.029 , here p. 102 (PDF) .
  4. ↑ Maximilian Hendler : Oboe - metal tuba - drum. Organological-onomasiological studies on the history of paraphernalia instruments. Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2001, ISBN 3-631-34487-2 , Volume 1: Wind instruments , p. 315.
  5. ↑ M. Maalej, F. Cherif, T. Nacef: Particularities of Tobacco Use and Cessation Programs in Tunisia. In: Karen Slama (Ed.): 9th World Conference on Tobacco and Health, 10-14 Oct. 1994. Springer, New York 1995, ISBN 978-1-4613-5779-7 , pp. 441-446, here p. 442 .
  6. ↑ Hédi Slim, Ammar Mahjoubi, Khaled Belkhodja, Abdelmajid Ennabli: Histoire générale de la Tunisie. Volume 3: Les temps modern. Sud éditions, Tunis 2007, p. 360; in connection with the court offices as a whole, see E. Vayssettes: Histoire des derniers beys de Constantine, depuis 1793 jusqu'à la chute d'Hadj-Ahmed. In: Société historique algérienne (ed.): Revue africaine. Volume 13, 1858, pp. 107–123, here p. 113 .