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al-Hasan al-Zayyani

الملك حسن الزياني

Brother of Abu Zayyan Ahmad II, whom the people of Tlemcen acclaimed in his stead for the other's leanings to Spain; backed by Hasan b. Khayr al-Din he acknowledged Ottoman authority, an Ottoman garrison remaining at al-Mashwar castle 1.

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The Gunpowder Empires
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Maghreb
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Summary

Brother of Abu Zayyan Ahmad II, acclaimed by the people of Tlemcen in his place 1.

Ottoman suzerainty

Hasan b. Khayr al-Din backed him after stopping the Oran force from restoring his brother; he acknowledged Ottoman authority, an Ottoman garrison under the captain Muhammad remaining in al-Mashwar castle 1.

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Ruler of
Tlemcen
Sibling of
Abu Zayyan Ahmad II

People and things also explored

Abu Zayyan Ahmad II· Tlemcen· the Sa'di attack on Tlemcen (963/1556)· Siege of Tlemcen by Abu Ya'qub the Marinid· al-Mu'tadid, the Almohad· Hasan b. Khayr al-Din Barbarossa· Messali Hadj· al-Mansura (Tlemcen)

Sources

  1. al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 230
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Abu Zayyan Ahmad II

The Zayyanid ruler of Tlemcen; raised to power with Ottoman support but — in al-Salabi's telling — drawn by foreign intrigue toward the Spanish, so the people resolved to depose him for his brother al-Hasan. He sought Oran's help, pledging loyalty; the governor sent an army joined by the Spanish-subject tribes under al-Mansur b. Bu Ghannam, but Hasan b. Khayr al-Din barred his restoration.