Zayyanid dynasty

State · 1236–1555 CE · at its largest around 1285 CE

Berber dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Tlemcen in present-day western Algeria, one of the successor states of the Almohads.

On its lands while it lasted

• Tlemcen (c. 1236 CE): Capital of Zayyanid dynasty (1236–1555).
• Hayreddin Barbarossa (c. 1478 CE – 1546 CE): A corsair who made Algiers a base of Ottoman power in the western Mediterranean and later became grand admiral of the Ottoman navy.

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