| Zayyanid dynasty | |
|---|---|
| Current region | Maghreb; northwestern Algeria |
| Founded | 1235 |
| Founder | Yaghmurasen Ibn Zyan |
| Final ruler | Hassan I |
| Titles | Sultan of Tlemcen |
| Dissolution | 1557 |
| Deposition | 1557 |
| History of Algeria |
|---|
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The Zayyanid dynasty (Arabic: زيانيون, Ziyānyūn) or Abd al-Wadids (Arabic: بنو عبد الواد, Bānu ʿabd āl-Wād) was a Berber Zenata[1][2][3] dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Tlemcen, mainly in modern Algeria centered on the town of Tlemcen in northwest Algeria. The Zayyanid dynasty's rule lasted from 1235 to 1557.[4]
- ^ "Algeria – Zayanids". countrystudies.us. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- ^ "Abd al-Wadid Dynasty | Berber dynasty". Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- ^ Appiah, Anthony; Gates, Henry Louis (1 January 2010). Encyclopedia of Africa. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195337709.
- ^ Phillip Chiviges Naylor, North Africa: a history from antiquity to the present, (University of Texas Press, 2009), 98.