Zayyanid dynasty
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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 | |
|---|---|
| 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
- ↑ 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.
