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Tlemcen

Tlemcen is a city in north-western Algeria that was an important commercial and political centre of the central Maghreb. The Zayyanid seizure of Tlemcen around 1236 carved the central Maghreb out of the Almohad domain. It then became the capital of the Zayyanid dynasty, one of the successor states of the Almohads.

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Almohad CaliphateDecline Almoravid EmpireImpact Hafsid SultanateFoundation Regency of AlgiersFoundation, Military, Summary

Mentioned in 7 state histories

Kingdom of the Moors and Romans Banu Ifran emirate Idrisid dynasty Sulaymanid emirate Zayyanid Kingdom of Tlemcen Spanish Oran Dila'iyya

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Tlemcen. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tlemcen
MLA: “Tlemcen.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tlemcen. Accessed .
Chicago: The Epoch Institute. “Tlemcen.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tlemcen.
Harvard: The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Tlemcen’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/tlemcen (Accessed: ).

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