At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
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Summary
The Zayyanid ruler of Tlemcen, raised to power with Ottoman support 1.
The turn to Spain
Al-Salabi says foreign intrigues drew him close to Spain; the people, hating him, resolved to depose him and acclaim his brother al-Hasan. He went to Oran seeking Spanish help with pledges of loyalty; the governor sent an army joined by the Spanish-subject tribes — Bani 'Amir, Fulitta and Bani Rashid — under al-Mansur b. Bu Ghannam, but Hasan b. Khayr al-Din barred his restoration 1.
Connections
- Ruler of
- Tlemcen
- Opposed
- Hasan b. Khayr al-Din Barbarossa
- Sibling of
- al-Hasan al-Zayyani
People and things also explored
al-Hasan al-Zayyani· Tlemcen· Battle of Mostaganem (965/1558)· the Sa'di attack on Tlemcen (963/1556)· Great Siege of Malta (973/1565)· Siege of Tlemcen by Abu Ya'qub the Marinid· Siege of Oran and Mers El Kébir (971/1563)· Abd al-Aziz b. Abbas
Sources
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 230
- al-Alam — al-Zirikli
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Abu Zayyan Ahmad II”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-zayyan-ahmad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.