Yaghmurasen ibn Zyan

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Yaghmurasen Ibn Zyan
يغمراسن إبن زيان
Amîr al-Muslîmîn [1]
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Possible depiction of Yaghmurasen
Sultan of the Kingdom of Tlemcen
Reign1236–1283
PredecessorZyan ben Thabet
Successor Abu Said Uthman I
BornYaghmurasen Ibn Zyan
1206
DiedFebruary/March 1283 [2] (aged 76–77)
Miliana (present-day Algeria)
Dynasty Zayyanid
Religion Islam

Yaghmurasen Ibn Zyan (1206 – February/March 1283, Arabic : يغمراسن إبن زيان, long name: Yaghmurasan ben Ziyan ben Thabet ben Mohamed ben Zegraz ben Tiddugues ben Taaullah ben Ali ben Abd al-Qasem ben Abd al-Wad) was the founder of the Zayyanid dynasty. Under his reign the Zayyanid Kingdom of Tlemcen extended over present-day north-western Algeria.

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Life

He was of the Zenata Berber tribe. [3] He founded the Zayyanid state in 1235, and warred with the Almohad Caliphate until 1248. He was successful in his military campaigns against the Merinids and the Maqil Arab tribe.

The governor of Ceuta, Abou'l-Hassan ben-Khelas, had revolted against the Almohads and recognised the sovereignty of Yaghmurasen, after this the Almohad ruler decided to march against Tlemcen but was defeated by Yaghmurasen. [4] When the Almohad Caliph marched against him, Yaghmurasen defeated him in the Battle of Oujda, the Almohad Caliphs head was taken and ordered to be shown to his mother. [4]

Ibn Khaldun mentions anecdotes about him. Thus Yaghomracen heard genealogists who traced his descent from Muhammad. He commented about this claim in his local Berber language and said this:

If it is true, it will benefit us before God; but, in this world, we will owe our success only to our swords. [5]

When an architect wanted to write his name on a minaret that he had built, Yaghmurasen replied in his Zenati dialect "God knows" (Issen Rebbi). [6]

Name

In his commentary on the hagiographic book of Ibn al-Zayyat al-Tadili (Attashawof), Ahmed Toufiq explains that Yaghmur in Berber means "the virile/Stallion" whereas the prefix asen means "to them". Thereby giving "Yaghmurasen" a meaning close to "To prevail over them" [7]

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