Abdalwadid

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الزيانيون (ar)
Abdalwadid dynasty

1235–1556
 

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The Abdalwadid (or Zayyanid) dynasty (green), c. 1300-1500.
Capital Tlemcen
Language(s) Classical Arabic, Berber, Mozarabic
Religion Sunni Islam
Government Monarchy
Sultan
 - 1236-1283 Abu Yahya I bin Zayyan
 - 1550 Al Hassan ben Abu Muh
History
 - Established 1235
 - Disestablished 1556
Currency Dinar

Abdalwadid is the name of a Berber Zenata dynasty in North Africa. The Abdalwadid kingdom with capital at Tlemcen, in what is now Algeria, existed from 1235 to 1556. They were also called Zayyanid, Ziyyanid or Zianid (Arabic: زيانيون), so Zianides, Ziyyanides or Banu Zayan.

[edit] List of rulers

First Marinid conquest 1337-1348 (Marinid ruler was Abu al-Hasan Ali)

Second Marinid conquest 1352-1359 (Marinid ruler was Abu Inan)

Civil War 1427-1429

Saadid conquest 1543-1544

[edit] See also

See also: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdalwadides