Yaghmurasen ibn Zyan

Yaghmurasen Ibn Zyan
يغمراسن إبن زيان
Amîr al-Muslîmîn
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Sultan of Tlemcen
Reign1236 – 1283
PredecessorZyan ben Thabet
SuccessorAbu Said Uthman I
BornYaghmurasen Ibn Zyan
1206
DiedFebruary/March 1283 (aged 76–77)
Miliana (present-day Algeria)
DynastyZayyanid
ReligionIslam

Yaghmurasen Ibn Zyan (1206 – February/March 1283, Arabic: يغمراسن إبن زيان, romanized: Yaghmurāsan ibn Zayyān, 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.