TOURBET AZIZA OTHMANA

9, impasse Ech-Chammalia

The princess Aziza Othmana, who died in 1669, was famous for charitable works. Towards the end of her life she freed all her slaves and put all her wealth into "habous" (trust) for a great variety of good works : financing a hospital, funds to free slaves and ransom-prisoners, marriage trousseaux for poor girls. Part of the income from her "habous" funds was to buy flowers : "I want flowers on my tomb every day" said the princess.
A staircase gives on to a long corridor which ends in a mausoleum in three parts : in the middle are the tombs of Aziza Othmana and her grandfather, to the left those of her servants and to the right the family funeral chamber. The central portion is richly decorated with multicoloured Kallaline ceramics on the floor and walls and finely carved stucco in the dome. Opposite the door the wooden partition which replaces the back wall separates the funeral chamber from the Zaouia Sidi Ben Arous.