Zayyanid dynasty
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| Zayyanid dynasty الزيانيون(ar) |
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| Capital | Tlemcen | |||
| Language(s) | Judeo-Berber, Mozarabic, Shilha, Tamazight, others | |||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | |||
| Government | Monarchy | |||
| Sultan | ||||
| - 1236-1283 | Abu Yahya I bin Zayyan | |||
| - 1550-1556 | Al Hassan ben Abu Muh | |||
| History | ||||
| - Established | 1235 | |||
| - Disestablished | 1556 | |||
| Currency | Dinar | |||
Zayyanids (Arabic: زيانيون, Ziyānyūn) or Abd al-Wadids (Arabic: بنو عبد الواد), or Banu Zayan, is the name of a 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 Abdalwadid.[3]
References [change]
- ↑ Chapan Metz, Helen (Washington). "Zayanids". Algeria: A Country Study. GPO for the Library of Congress. http://countrystudies.us/algeria/12.htm. Retrieved 11/06/2010.
- ↑ Phillip Chiviges Naylor, North Africa: a history from antiquity to the present, (University of Texas Press, 2009), 98.
- ↑ Phillip Chiviges Naylor, 98.
