Yaghmurasen ibn Zyan

Yaghmurasen Ibn Zyan
يغمراسن إبن زيان
Amîr al-Muslîmîn
Shaykh
Possible depiction of Yaghmurasen
Sultan of Tlemcen
Reignc.1236 – 1283
SuccessorAbu Sa'id Uthman I
Born1206
DiedFebruary/March 1283 (aged 76–77)
Miliana (present-day Algeria)
Issue
DynastyZayyanid
ReligionIslam
Arabic name
Personal
(Ism)
Yaghmurāsan
يغمراسن
Patronymic
(Nasab)
ibn Zayyān ibn Thābit
ابن زيان بن ثابت
Teknonymic
(Kunya)
Abū Yaḥyā
أيو يحيى

Yaghmurasen Ibn Zyan (Arabic: يغمراسن إبن زيان, romanizedYaghmurāsan ibn Zayyān; 1206 – February/March 1283) was the founder of the Zayyanid dynasty. Under his reign the Zayyanid Kingdom of Tlemcen extended over present-day north-western Algeria.