Masakin
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M'saken as it is written in Tunisia or Masakin or Msaken is a town in northeastern Tunisia
, close to Sousse
.
(district) of the same name, which at the 2004 Census had a population of 85,380.
Their ancestors had came to North Africa escaping from the Abbassid masters of Baghdad, who had been engaged in a cruel fight against Sharif people (descendants of Hassan and Hussein, the sons of Ali and Fatima).
They founded a Sharif Emirate in Taguedmett near present-day Tiaret in Algeria's west center.
After three generations and following the fall of this Emirate, some of their descendants lived in eastern Morocco near Wajda for some time.
Then some of their descendants emigrated to Kairouan in Tunisia. After some decades, they founded MSAKEN town in Hafside times who had their capital in Tunis. Their town was originally called [Kousour al Ashraf] (which means "Sharif's houses"), then [Masakin al Ashraf] (which has the same meaning), and finally Masakin - or Msaken with the North-Africain spelling (means just means "houses"). The town core had been founded around the actual Jamma al Awsat (which means the central mosque) and was composed of five ksars (great houses).
- 8 persons belong to J2a4h2f1 haplogroup. (Snps L24,L25,L192.2,L271)
- 2 persons belong to R1a1a haplogroup.
Two new snp have been found in 2 samples tested among the 8 people who belong to J2a4h2 Haplogroup, these snps are L192.2 and L271, the TMRCA is estimated to be 800+/-300 Years Before Present for SNP L271 and 3000 +/- 500 years for L192.2 snp.
1- Haplogroup T2b3c, with more than 1500 high resolution matching (HVR1+HVR1) with European people
2- Haplogroup N1c
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Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
, close to Sousse
Sousse
Sousse is a city in Tunisia. Located 140 km south of the capital Tunis, the city has 173,047 inhabitants . Sousse is in the central-east of the country, on the Gulf of Hammamet, which is a part of the Mediterranean Sea. The name may be of Berber origin: similar names are found in Libya and in...
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Administration
The town is the administration centre of a "delegation"Delegations of Tunisia
||The delegations of Tunisia are the second level administrative divisions of Tunisia between the governorates and the sectors . there were 24 governorates which were divided into 264 delegations and further divided into 2073 sectors...
(district) of the same name, which at the 2004 Census had a population of 85,380.
History
According to local traditions, Msaken was founded by a group of descendants of Hussein Ibn Ali and Fatima Ez-zahra (the Prophet's (s-a-w-s) daughter).Their ancestors had came to North Africa escaping from the Abbassid masters of Baghdad, who had been engaged in a cruel fight against Sharif people (descendants of Hassan and Hussein, the sons of Ali and Fatima).
They founded a Sharif Emirate in Taguedmett near present-day Tiaret in Algeria's west center.
After three generations and following the fall of this Emirate, some of their descendants lived in eastern Morocco near Wajda for some time.
Then some of their descendants emigrated to Kairouan in Tunisia. After some decades, they founded MSAKEN town in Hafside times who had their capital in Tunis. Their town was originally called [Kousour al Ashraf] (which means "Sharif's houses"), then [Masakin al Ashraf] (which has the same meaning), and finally Masakin - or Msaken with the North-Africain spelling (means just means "houses"). The town core had been founded around the actual Jamma al Awsat (which means the central mosque) and was composed of five ksars (great houses).
Y chromosome DNA Analysis
10 people from different families in Msaken were tested for their Y chromosome DNA in 2009-2011. These tests were done by Family Tree DNA company. The results are as follows:- 8 persons belong to J2a4h2f1 haplogroup. (Snps L24,L25,L192.2,L271)
- 2 persons belong to R1a1a haplogroup.
Two new snp have been found in 2 samples tested among the 8 people who belong to J2a4h2 Haplogroup, these snps are L192.2 and L271, the TMRCA is estimated to be 800+/-300 Years Before Present for SNP L271 and 3000 +/- 500 years for L192.2 snp.
Mitochondria DNA Analysis
Two people from Msaken have been tested for their Mitochondria Haplogroups, the results are as follows1- Haplogroup T2b3c, with more than 1500 high resolution matching (HVR1+HVR1) with European people
2- Haplogroup N1c
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