One of the flags attributed to Zayyanid Tlemcen[a]
The kingdom of Tlemcen at the beginning of the 14th century.[2]
Capital
Tlemcen
Common languages
Berber, Maghrebi Arabic
Religion
Sunni Islam
Government
Monarchy
Sultan
• 1236–1283
Abu Yahya I bin Zayyan
• 1318-1337
Abu Tashufin I
• 1359-1389
Abu Hammu II
• 1468–1504
Abu Abdallah IV
• 1550–1556
Al Hassan ben Abu Muh
History
• Establishment
1235
• Victory against the Almohade Caliphate
1248
• Zayyanid Capture of Sijilmasa
1264
• Siege of Tlemcen
1299-1307
• Capture of Tunis
1329
• First Marinid rule
1337-1348
• Second Marinid rule
1352-1359
• Zayyanid capture of Fez
1411
• Conflicts with the Spaniards
1504–1512
• Annexation by the Ottoman Empire
1556
Currency
Dinar
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Almohad Caliphate
Spanish Oran
Regency of Algiers
Kingdom of Ait Abbas
Kingdom of Kuku
Emirate of Algiers
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The Kingdom of Tlemcen or Zayyanid Kingdom of Tlemcen (Arabic: الزيانيون) was a kingdom ruled by the Berber Zayyanid dynasty[3][4] in what is now the northwest of Algeria. Its territory stretched from Tlemcen to the Chelif bend and Algiers, and at its zenith reached Sijilmasa and the Moulouya River in the west, Tuat to the south and the Soummam in the east.[5][6][7]
The Tlemcen Kingdom was established after the demise of the Almohad Caliphate in 1236, and later fell under Ottoman rule in 1554. The capital of the kingdom was Tlemcen, which lay on the primary east–west route between Morocco and Ifriqiya. The kingdom was situated between the realm of the Marinids to the west, centred on Fez, and the Hafsids to the east, centred on Tunis.
Tlemcen was a hub for the north–south trade route from Oran on the Mediterranean coast to the Western Sudan. As a prosperous trading centre, it attracted its more powerful neighbours. At different times the kingdom was invaded and occupied by the Marinids from the west,[8] by the Hafsids from the east, and by Aragonese from the north. At other times, they were able to take advantage of turmoil among their neighbours: during the reign of Abu Tashfin I (r. 1318–1337) the Zayyanids occupied Tunis and in 1423, under the reign of Abu Malek, they briefly captured Fez.[9][10]: 287 In the south the Zayyanid realm included Tuat, Tamentit and the Draa region which was governed by Abdallah Ibn Moslem ez Zerdali, a sheikh of the Zayyanids.[11][12][5]
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^Appiah, Kwame Anthony; Gates, Henry Louis, eds. (2010). Encyclopedia of Africa. Oxford University Press. p. 475. ISBN 9780195337709. Archived from the original on 2023-01-11. Retrieved 2016-07-22.
^ abالدولة الزيانية في عهد يغمراسن: دراسة تاريخية وحضارية 633 هـ - 681 هـ / 1235 م - 1282 مخالد بلع Archived 2023-06-07 at the Wayback Machine ربي
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^Despois et al. 1986, p. 367.
^Tarabulsi 2006, p. 84.
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