{"id":80729,"date":"2023-05-27T15:42:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T14:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/?p=77171"},"modified":"2023-05-27T15:42:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T14:42:18","slug":"king-edward-vii-of-england-and-queen-alexandra-visiting-sidiabderrahmane-mosque-algiers-1905","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazairhope.org\/en\/king-edward-vii-of-england-and-queen-alexandra-visiting-sidiabderrahmane-mosque-algiers-1905\/","title":{"rendered":"King Edward VII of England and Queen Alexandra visiting SidiAbderrahmane Mosque -Algiers 1905"},"content":{"rendered":"

Official relations between Algeria and the United Kingdom date back to the sixteenth century when John Tipton was appointed First British Consul in Algiers in 1580, following the request of merchants from London interested by the North African market.<\/em>
\nSince that date, Algerian-British relations knew moments of hostility and truce until the signature, in 1682, of a Treaty of Peace and Trade, which contributed to the multiplication of contacts and exchanges between the two countries and to the prosperity of their trade.\u00a0<\/em>
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\nIn addition, several British merchants and privateers settled in the Regency of Algiers, among whom the famous Ramadan Ra\u00efs (formerly Henry Chandler) and Yusuf Ra\u00efs (Formerly John Ward).<\/em>
\nUntil the beginning of the 19th century, the British established in Algiers, although not numerous, marked their presence due to their proximity to Algerian dignitaries.\u00a0They enjoyed privileged treatments compared to other foreigners settled in Algiers.<\/em>
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\nHistorians noted that just after the French invasion of Algeria in 1830, the English Consul, Robert William St John, served as intermediary in the negotiations between the Dey of Algiers and the French army.<\/em>
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\nThe Westminster Parliament rejected in 1833 the right claimed by France to occupy Algeria. \u00a0A number of English army officers expressed their admiration for the Algerian resistance to the French occupation.\u00a0Colonel James Scott, who was one of them, even joined Emir Abdelkader, who gave him the privilege of establishing an English company entitled to exploit the mines of Mina (Relizane).<\/em>
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\nDespite a period agitated by the war in Algeria, the end of the 1850s saw the publication of a series of accounts by English travelers praising the climate of Algeria and the high moral qualities of its population and encouraging their compatriots to settle in the country.<\/em><\/p>\n

From the 1900s, Algeria was frequently visited by high British dignitaries. King Edward VII of England made a private visit to Algiers in 1905 with his wife Queen Alexandra. They visited the Medersa and the Sidi Abderrahmane Mausoleum in Algiers. It is believed that Queen Victoria visited this Mausoleum during the late 1890s and admired it so much that it offered chandeliers that can be found there to this day.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After Algeria\u2019s independence on 5th<\/sup>\u00a0July 1962, relations between Algeria and the United Kingdom experienced new developments and continued to strengthen. Algeria delivered its very first shipment of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to the United Kingdom in 1964, making it the first client to import LNG from Algeria.
\nIn the early 1970s, as Algeria embarked on an industrial expansion process, British companies were awarded contracts to supply equipment, machinery and technological expertise.<\/em>
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\nIn the 1980s, the United Kingdom was the second destination (after France) for Algerian students wishing to continue their studies or benefit from trainings abroad. In the early 1990s, the universities of Glasgow, Sheffield, Salford, Leeds and Nottingham had study programs with their Algerian counterparts in Blida, Tizi Ouzou, Constantine, Annaba and Oran.<\/em>
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\nAlgerian-British relations were marked by the historic visit to Algeria by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, on 25-27 October 1980. She was received by the late Chadli Bendjedid, then President of the Republic of Algeria and gave a short speech in the National People\u2019s Assembly \/ Parliament.<\/em>
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\nOn the day of her arrival, Queen Elizabeth II made a visit to Mustapha Bacha Hospital in Algiers, where were treated victims of the tragic earthquake that struck El Asnam (now Chlef) on 10th<\/sup>\u00a0October 1980.<\/em><\/p>\n

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