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The Zenata are one of the main divisions of the medieval Berbers, along with Senhaja and Masmuda. They were traditionally nomads whose main home was the Middle Maghreb, an area stretching, roughly speaking, from the Rif to Chleff. They were a major political force in the area in the Middle Ages; the Zayyanids of Tlemcen were of Zenati origin, and they were an important force in the Rustamid dynasty. They claimed an Arab (South Arabian) origin, for what most historians regard as political reasons, but this claim is not widely accepted. The Berbers (also called Imazighen, free men, singular Amazigh) are an ethnic group indigenous to Northwest Africa, speaking the Berber languages of the Afroasiatic family. ...
The Sanhaja were one of the largest Berber tribal confederations of the Maghreb, along with the Zanata and Masmuda History The tribes of the Sanhaja settled at first in the northern Sahara. ...
The Masmuda were one of the largest Berber tribal confederacies in the Maghreb, along with the Zanata and the Sanhaja. ...
Kazakh nomads in the steppes of the Russian Empire, ca. ...
The Maghreb (المغرب العربي ; sometimes also rendered Moghreb), meaning western in Arabic, is the region of the continent of Africa north of the Sahara desert and west of the Nile — specifically, the modern countries of Morocco, Western Sahara (annexed and occupied by Morocco), Algeria, Tunisia, Libya — and to a much lesser extent...
Rif mountains near Al Hoceima The Rif (Arif in Berber, er-Rif الري٠in Arabic) is a mainly mountainous region of north Morocco, from Cape Spartel and Tangier in the west to Cape Tres Forcas and Melilla in the east, and from the Mediterranean Sea in the north to the river...
Tlemcen (Arabic: تلمسان) is a town in Northwestern Algeria, and the seat of government for the wilaya of the same name. ...
The Rustamid (or Rustumid, Rostemid) dynasty of Ibadi Kharijite imams ruled the central Maghreb for a century and a half from their capital Tahert, until destroyed by the Fatimids. ...
The Arabs ((Arabic: عرب ʻarab) are a large ethnic group widespread in the Middle East and North Africa, originating in the Arabian Peninsula of southwest Asia. ...
Their varieties of Berber, collectively termed Zenati, are spread over a wide area; for this reason, several languages are termed "Zenati" or in some cases are spoken by people who call themselves Zenata. Among these are Beni Iznacen, a tribe that lives in Northern Morocco and Algeria, mostly in the mountains near Berkane called the Beni Iznacen mountains; Sened (now extinct), and some Saharan oasis languages. The Zenata are also recalled in several placenames across the Maghreb, notably Oued Zenati in Algeria. Afro-Asiatic - Berber The Berber languages (or Tamazight) are a group of closely related languages mainly spoken in Morocco and Algeria. ...
The Zenati languages include 12 (SIL estimate) languages and dialects spoken in Africa and western Asia; this language group is a part of the Northern Berber language family. ...
Berkane is a city of the North-East of Morocco in the area of thrifa, limited by the Mediterranean to north, the Kiss Oued (maroco-Algerian border) the wilaya of Oujda in the east, the wilaya of Nador in the west and the wilaya of Taourirt in the south. ...
Sened is a small town in central Tunisia northwest of Gabes, and is also the name of the extinct Berber language that was spoken there and at the nearby town of Tmagourt until the mid-twentieth century. ...
Satellite image The Sahara is the worlds second largest desert (second to Antarctica), over 9,000,000 km² (3,500,000 mi²), located in northern Africa and is 2. ...
History
The Zenata tribes entered Morocco from Tunisia in pre-Islamic times and grouped themselves with the tribes of Magrawa, Miknasa and Banu Ifran. Some of these tribes surrendered quickly to the Muslims in the 7th century, while others, like the Jarawa under al-Kahina, put up a successful resistance for a long time. The Magrawa were a Berber tribe in central and western Algeria. ...
The Miknasa were a Berber tribe in Morocco and western Algeria The Miknasa Berbers originated in Tripolitania and southern Tunisia, but migrated westwards into central Morocco and western Algeria in pre-Islamic times. ...
A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. ...
In the 8th century most of the Zenata were Kharijites and took part in the Maysara revolt against Arab rule. The last Kharijite rebellion was in the 10th century under Abu Yazid, and was defeated by the Fatimids. Kharijites (Arabic خوارج Khawarij) is a general term embracing a variety of Islamic sects which reject the caliphate of Ali as invalid. ...
The Arabs ((Arabic: عرب ʻarab) are a large ethnic group widespread in the Middle East and North Africa, originating in the Arabian Peninsula of southwest Asia. ...
Abû Yazîd Mukhallad ibn Kayrâd (أبو يزيد مخلد بن كيراد), nicknamed Sâhib al-Himâr or Owner of the Donkey, was a Kharijite Berber who led a rebellion against the Fatimids in Ifriqiya (modern Tunisia and eastern Algeria) starting in 944. ...
The Fatimid Empire or Fatimid Caliphate ruled North Africa from A.D. 909 to 1171. ...
During the 10th century the Zenata were predominantly allied with the Caliphate of Cordoba, which fought for control of Morocco with the Fatimids. In the process the were pushed out of Morocco by the Sanhaja tribe, allies of the Fatimids. An Anglicized/Latinized version of the Arabic word خليفة or Khalīfah, Caliph ( listen?) is the term or title for the Islamic leader of the Ummah, or community of Islam. ...
Location within Spain Córdoba, the Roman bridge and the Mosque-Cathedral View across the old Roman bridge towards the Mezquita Interior court of the Mezquita Córdoba is a city in AndalucÃa, southern Spain, and the capital of the province of Córdoba. ...
The Sanhaja were one of the largest Berber tribal confederations of the Maghreb, along with the Zanata and Masmuda History The tribes of the Sanhaja settled at first in the northern Sahara. ...
However, in the 13th century the Zanata regained political importance with the Abdalwadids in western Algeria and the Marinids in Morocco. Finally they held sway over Morocco under the Wattasids in the 15th century, during which time they became arabicised. A North African dynasty, centered around Tlemcen. ...
Marinid was the Dynasty that replaced the Almohad Dynasty in Morocco in 1196. ...
The Wattasids were a dynasty in Morocco. ...
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