Mazouna

Mazouna is a small ancient metropolis located within the center of the Dahra Mountains , the commune of the Relizane wilaya in Algeria , nicknamed the capital of Dahra. During the Islamic duration, earlier than the Ottomans , Mazouna became the capital of the confederation of the Maghraouas , big Berber tribe whose history starts offevolved at the start of our era in present-day Algeria .

The Spanish traveller Luis del Mármol Carvajal says that Mazouna became based inside the Roman length, or av. J. - C. As it discovered components and Roman monuments however Ibn Khaldoun supposes that the metropolis is founded by means of Mendil Ibn Abdelrahmane of the tribe Maghraoua 3 in 1170 . Al Idrissi well describes the metropolis and its markets but does no longer talk over with its age four . It is the primary capital of West beylik during the regency of Algiers 5 . Under the Ottomans , Mazouna is an critical non secular and strategic area. Five hundred Kouloughlis protect the town because it has no fortifications 6.