Zayyanid dynasty
Berber dynasty that ruled Kingdom of Tlemcen
Zayyanids (Arabic: زيانيون, Ziyānyūn) or Abd al-Wadids (Arabic: بنو عبد الواد), or Banu Zayan, is the name of an Islamic Berber Zenata[1] dynasty in North Africa.[2] The Zayyanids, whose capital was Tlemcen (in modern day Algeria) existed from 1235 to 1556. They were also known as Abdelwadid.[2]
Zayyanid dynasty | |
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Parent house | Zayyanid Dynasty |
Country | Algeria |
Founded | 1236 |
Founder | Yaghmurasen Ibn Zyan |
Final ruler | Hassan ibn Abdallah II |
Titles | Sultan of Tlemcen |
Dissolution | 1556 |
Deposition | 1556 |
References
change- ↑ Chapan Metz, Helen. "Zayanids". Algeria: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Phillip Chiviges Naylor, North Africa: a history from antiquity to the present, (University of Texas Press, 2009), 98.