Zayyanid dynasty
| Zayyanid dynasty | |
|---|---|
| Country |
Kingdom of Tlemcen 
|
| Titles | Emir of Tlemcen |
| Founded | 1236 |
| Founder | Yaghmurasen Ibn Zyan |
| Final ruler | Hassan ibn Abdallah II |
| Deposition | 1556 |
The Zayyanid dynasty (Arabic: زيانيون, Ziyānyūn) or Abd al-Wadids (Arabic: بنو عبد الواد, Bānu ʿabd āl-Wād), was a Berber Zenatadynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Tlemcen, an area of northwestern Algeria, centered on Tlemcen. The territory stretched from Tlemcen to the Chelif bend and Algiers, and reached at its zenith the Moulouya river to the west, Sijilmasa to the south and the Soummam river to the east. Their rule lasted from 1235 to 1556.
On the collapse of the Almohad rule around 1236, the kingdom of Tlemcen became independent under the rule of the Zayyanids, and Yaghmurasen Ibn Zyan. Ibn Zyan was able to maintain control over the rival Berber groups, and when faced with the outside threat of the Marinids, he formed an alliance with the Sultan of Granada and the King of Castile, Alfonso X.
After ibn Zyan's death, the Marinid sultan, Abu Yaqub Yusuf besieged Tlemcen for 8 years and finally captured it from (1337–48), by Abu al-Hasan 'Ali After a period of self-rule it was captured again by the Marinids from 1352–59, by Abu Inan Faris. The Marinids reoccupied it periodically, particularly in 1360 and 1370. In both cases, the Marinids found that they were unable to hold the region against local resistance. but these episodes appear to have marked the beginning of the end of the Zayyanids.
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