Tamazaghrane

Tamazaghrane, later known as Mazagran, lies near the Mediterranean coast of western Algeria, southwest of Mostaganem. Medieval writers mentioned the settlement: al-Ya‘qubi recorded Mazagran in the tenth century, and Abu Ubayd al-Bakri used the name Tamazaghrane in the eleventh. It stood in the coastal country between the port towns of Oran and Ténès, where hills and plains meet the sea.