Zayyanid

Zayyanid

English

Adjective

Zayyanid (not comparable)

1. of or pertaining to the Zayyanid dynasty.
   • 1987, Jamil M. Abun-Nasr, A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period, Cambridge University Press (→ISBN), page 138:

     The frequent periods of siege were times of stress for its inhabitants (possibly about 100,000 during the Zayyanid period); but Tilimsan, the 'pearl of the Maghrib', also knew periods of felicity in the intervals between wars.

   • 2003, C. R. Pennell, Morocco: From Empire to Independence, Oneworld Publications Limited, page 63:

     He even built a wall tight round the Zayyanid capital, inside which he built a new city with its own palaces and markets to give his operations a permanent base.

   • 2015, Phillip C. Naylor, Historical Dictionary of Algeria, Rowman & Littlefield (→ISBN), page 534:

     Zayyanid rulers built mosques and madrasas and made their capital a great theological center.

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Translations

Spanish: ziyánida