Madghacen or Medracen or Medghassen or Madghis also spelled Imadghassen, or Medghacen means mausoleum tomb of King Berber Imadghassen which stands near Batna city in Algeria.^[1]

[edit] History

Madghis was a king ^{[2] [3]} of independent kingdoms of the Numidia, between 300 to 200 BC. Ibn Khaldun said: Madghis is an ancestor of the Berbers of the branch Botr Zenata, Banu Ifran, Maghrawa (Aimgharen) , Merinid, Zianid, Wattasid dynasty, Sanhadja, etc. ^[4], ^[5]

[edit] Threats

As ICOMOS noted in their 2006/2007 Heritage at Risk report, the mausoleum has become "the victim of major “repair work” without respect for the value of th[e] monument and its authenticity."^[6] See detailed pictures at the ICOMOS link below.

[edit] References

1. ^ Ibn Khaldun, History of berber
2. ^ The past of Africa's dark centuries Nordles Emile De Felix Gautier
3. ^ http://books.google.fr/books?id=q44cAAAAMAAJ&q=madghis&dq=madghis&pgis=1 Ibn Khaldun
4. ^ Ibn Khaldoun, History Berbers
5. ^ The Islamization of Africa's dark centuries Nord, Les Maghreb De Emile Felix Gautier
6. ^ ICOMOS Heritage at Risk 2006/2007

Coordinates: 35°42′26″N 6°26′04″E / 35.707275°N 6.434523°E / 35.707275; 6.434523

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