Iran Cultural Attaché in Tunisia Visits Masaken

Seyyed Hassan Esmati, Iran Cultural attaché in Tunisia paid a visit to the Shia city of Masaken in this country along with Musawi Zadeh, member of the representative office of the supreme leader and Parvaresh, Iran economic attaché in Tunisia.

Aiming to know about the places where Huseini Shia Muslims are buried in Masaken, the Iranian delegation visited the graves of Seyyedi Aber and Seyyedi Al-Shaty and talked to the people of the region.
Msaken has been founded by a group of Imam Hussein (AS) descendants.Their ancestors had came to North Africa escaping Abbassides masters of Baghdad who had been with cruel fight against descendants of Imam Hassan (AS) and Imam hussein (AS).
They went to an Emirate in Taguedmett near actual Tiaret in Algeria west center. After 3 generations and afterwards of the fall of this Emirate, some of their descendants have lived in east Morocco near wajda for some times.
Then some of their descendants emigrate to Kairouan in Tunisia. After some decades, they founded MSAKEN town in Hafside times who had their capital in Tunis. Their town was called in the beginning Kousour al-Ashraf, which means Sharif's houses then Masakin al-Ashraf, the same meaning and finally Masakin. Msaken with the North-Africain spelling, means houses.724410