Zayyanid dynasty
Abdalwadid dynasty الزيانيون (ar) | |||||||||||
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| 1235–1556 | |||||||||||
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 The Abdalwadid (or Zayyanid) dynasty (green), c. 1300-1500. | |||||||||||
| Capital | Tlemcen | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Classical Arabic, Berber, Mozarabic | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
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Abdalwadid is the name of a Berber Zenata [1] 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.
List of rulers
- Abu Yahya I bin Zayyan 1236-1283 or Yghomracen Ibn Zyan (1236 à 1283)
- Abu Said Uthman I 1283-1303 (son of previous)or Othmane Ibn Yaghmoracen (1283-1304)
- Abu Zayyan I 1303-1308 (son of previous)
- Abu Hammu I 1308-1318 (brother of the previous)
- Abu Tashufin I 1318-1337 (son of the previous)
First Marinid conquest 1337-1348 (Marinid ruler was Abu al-Hasan Ali)
- Abu Said Uthman II 1348-1352 (son of Abu Tashufin I)
- Abu Thabid I (associate) 1348-1352 (brother of Abu Said Uthman II)
Second Marinid conquest 1352-1359 (Marinid ruler was Abu Inan)
- Abu Hammu II Musa ruled in 1359-1360, 1360-1370, 1372-1383, 1384-1387, 1387-1389 (brother of Abu Said Uthman II) Expedition to Bugia defeated, 1366
- Abu Zayyan Muhammad II ibn Uthman ruled in 1360, 1370-1372, 1383-1384 and 1387 during times when Abu Hammu II was forced from power.
- Abu Tashufin II 1389-1393 (son of Abu Hammu I)
- Abu Thabid II 1393 (son of Abu Tashufin I)
- Abul Hadjdjadj I 1393-1394 (brother of the previous)
- Abu Zayyan II 1394-1399 (brother of the previous)
- Abu Muh I 1399-1401 (brother of the previous)
- Abu Abdallah I 1401-1411 (brother of the previous)
- Abd er Rahman I bin Abu Muh 1411 (son of Abu Muh I)
- Said I bin Abu Tashufin 1411 (brother of Abu Muh I)
- Abu Malek I 1411-1423 (brother of Said I)
- Abu Abdallah II 1423-1427 (son of Abd er Rahman I)
Civil War 1427-1429
- Abu Abdallah II (second time) 1429-1430
- Abu Abbas Ahmad I 1430-1461 (son of Abu Thabit II)
- Abu Abdallah III 1461-1468 (son of the previous)
- Abu Tashufin III 1468 (son of the previous)
- Abu Abdallah IV 1468-1504 (brother of the previous)
- Abu Abdallah V 1504-1517 (son of the previous)
- Abu Hammu III 1517-1527 (son of Abu Abbas Ahmad)
- Abu Muh II 1527-1540 (brother of the previous)
- Abu Abdallah VI 1540 (son of the previous)
- Abu Zayyan II 1540-1543 (brother of the previous)
Saadid conquest 1543-1544
- Abu Zayyan II (second time) 1544-1550
- Al Hassan ben Abu Muh 1550-1556 (brother of the previous)
References
- ^ Chapan Metz, Helen (Washington). "Zayanids". Algeria: A Country Study. GPO for the Library of Congress. Retrieved 11/06/2010.
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