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Tlemcen

تلمسان

Algerian city, capital of the Zayyanid kingdom (1235-1554) and a centre of Maghrebi scholarship.

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Region
Maghreb
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Tlemcen is an Algerian city, which was the capital of the Banu Zayyan kingdom (1235–1554 CE) and a centre of learning in the Maghrib. 1 This description needs an additional source.

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Ruled by
Abu Zayyan Ahmad II· al-Hasan al-Zayyani
Place of death of
al-Mu'tadid, the Almohad
Birthplace of
Messali Hadj
Burial place of
Messali Hadj
Site of
the Sa'di attack on Tlemcen (963/1556)· Siege of Tlemcen by Abu Ya'qub the Marinid
Contains
al-Mansura (Tlemcen)

People and things also explored

Abu Zayyan Ahmad II· al-Hasan al-Zayyani· Abd al-Wahid b. Idris al-Muwahhidi· Abu Ya'qub Yusuf al-Marini· Hasan b. Khayr al-Din Barbarossa· Mahmud Safa Bak· Muhammad al-Shaykh al-Sa'di· the Sa'di attack on Tlemcen (963/1556)

Sources

  1. GeoNames gazetteer
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islam.museum contributors. “Tlemcen”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/tlemcen/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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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.