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Zayyanid

Zayyanid adjective: of or pertaining to the Zayyanid dynasty.

Adjective

Zayyanid (not comparable)

  1. of or pertaining to the Zayyanid dynasty.
    • 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.1987, Jamil M. Abun-Nasr, A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 138
    • 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.2003, C. R. Pennell, Morocco: From Empire to Independence, Oneworld Publications Limited, page 63

Questions about Zayyanid

What does Zayyanid mean?
Zayyanid means of or pertaining to the Zayyanid dynasty.
What part of speech is Zayyanid?
Zayyanid is an adjective.

Words near Zayyanid in the dictionary

  1. Zayton
  2. Zaytoun
  3. Zaytun
  4. Zayu
  5. zayum
  6. Zayyanid
  7. Zayzun
  8. zaza
  9. Zazaki
  10. Zazakî
  11. Zazao

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