Yaghmurasen ibn Zyan

Yaghmurasen Ibn Zyan
يغمراسن إبن زيان
Amîr al-Muslîmîn[1]
Possible depiction of Yaghmurasen
Sultan of the Kingdom of Tlemcen
Reign1236–1283
PredecessorZyan ben Thabet
SuccessorAbu Said Uthman I
BornYaghmurasen Ibn Zyan
1206
DiedFebruary/March 1283[2] (aged 76–77)
Miliana (present-day Algeria)
DynastyZayyanid
ReligionIslam

Yaghmurasen Ibn Zyan (1206 – February/March 1283, Arabic: يغمراسن إبن زيان, long name: Yaghmurasan ben Ziyan ben Thabet ben Mohamed ben Zegraz ben Tiddugues ben Taaullah ben Ali ben Abd al-Qasem ben Abd al-Wad) was the founder of the Zayyanid dynasty. Under his reign the Zayyanid Kingdom of Tlemcen extended over present-day north-western Algeria.

  1. ^ Abou Zakarya Yah'ya Ibn Khaldoun Trad. Alfred Bel, Histoire des beni 'Abd El-Wad rois de Tlemcen jusqu'au règne d'Abou Hammou Moussa II, Alger, Imprimerie orientale Pierre Fonatana, 1904 p151 ; 152
  2. ^ a et b Ibn Khaldoun, Histoire des Berbères et des dynasties musulmanes de l'Afrique septentrionale, traduction du baron de Slane (tome III), Ed. Imprimerie du Gouvernement (Alger), 1856 (read online) Archived 2022-03-10 at the Wayback Machine