Wattasid dynasty

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The Wattasid dynasty was a Berber royal house that ruled parts of Morocco in the 15th and 16th centuries, succeeding the Marinids and preceding the rise of the Saadian dynasty.

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Wattasid dynasty canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Berber dynasty
dynasty
royal house
administrativeCenter Fez
capital Fez
coexistedWith Ottoman Empire
Portuguese Empire
Spanish Empire
conflict Portuguese expansion on Moroccan coasts
struggle with Saadian sharifs
continent Africa
country Morocco
currency dinar
dirham
endTime 1554
ethnicGroup Berbers
floruitCentury 15th century
16th century
governmentForm monarchy
hasDynasticHouse Banu Wattas
historicalEra Early Modern period
surface form: Early modern period

Late Middle Ages
knownFor decline of Marinid power
preceding Saadian unification of Morocco
weak central authority
language Arabic
Berber languages
lastRuler Ali Abu Hassun
legitimacyBasis control of Fez
service to Marinid sultans
mainReligionOfSubjects Sunni Islam
notableRuler Abu Abd Allah al-Sheikh Muhammad ibn Yahya
Ali Abu Hassun
origin Zenati Berber
surface form: Zenata Berbers
overthrownBy Saadi dynasty
surface form: Saadian dynasty
partOf history of Morocco
politicalStructure sultanate
predecessor Marinid dynasty
region North Africa
religion Sunni Islam
ruledTerritory Atlantic coastal plains of Morocco
Fez
northern Morocco
startTime 1472
successor Saadi dynasty
surface form: Saadian dynasty
titleOfRuler Sultan
usedScript Arabic script

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Marinid dynasty successor Wattasid dynasty
Saadian Morocco predecessor Wattasid dynasty
Saadi dynasty predecessor Wattasid dynasty
Abu Sa'id Uthman II successorState Wattasid dynasty
Banu Marin successorDynasty Wattasid dynasty