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Zayyanid dynasty, 1235-1559

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Family name headingZayyanid dynasty, 1235-1559
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Variant(s)ʻAbd al-Wādids, 1235-1559
Zayyānids, 1235-1559
Ziyānids, 1235-1559
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Found inWork cat: 2011347539: Bilʻarabī, Kh. al-Dawlah al-Ziyānīyah fī ʻahd Yaghmurāsan, 2011.
EI2: (ʻAbd al-Wādids (Banū ʻAbd al-Wād, or Zayyānids, Banū Zayyān), a Berber dynasty which, from the first half of the 7th/13th century to the middle of the 10th/16th century had its capital at Tlemcen, and extended its power ... over the central Maghrib, from the frontiers of the present Morocco to the meridian of Bougie)
Wikipedia, via www, 24 July, 2012: (Zayyanid dynasty: The Zayyanids (Arabic: Ziyāniyūn) or Abd al-Wadids (Arabic: Bānu ʿabd āl-Wād) are a Berber Zenata dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Tlemcen, whose territory stretched from Tlemcen to the Chelif valley and reached, at its maximal extent, the Moulouya river to the west and Algiers to the east. Their rule lasted from 1235 to 1556)
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