The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Abdalwadids

ABDALWADIDS, äb′dạl-wä′dĭdz, a Berber dynasty of Tlemcen, sometimes referred to as Banu Zayyan, after the father of the first independent king, whose reign began in 1239. Of the early origin of the family little is known, but there are ample records to prove that the Abdalwadids reigned wisely for more than three centuries over the western part of Algiers, the dynasty terminating in 1554.