- The
Sanhaja (Arabic: صنهاجة, romanized:
Ṣanhāja, or زناگة Znāga;
Berber languages: Aẓnag, pl. Iẓnagen, and also Aẓnaj, pl. Iẓnajen) were once one of the...
- ("Senhaja of Srair") is a
Northern Berber language. It is
spoken by the
Sanhaja Berbers inhabiting the
central part of the
Moroccan Rif. It is
spoken in...
-
historically one of the
largest Berber confederations along with the
Sanhaja and Masmuda.
Their lifestyle was
either nomadic or semi-nomadic. The 14th-century...
- Arabic : يحيى إبن عمر) was a
chieftain of the Lamtuna, a
tribe in the
Sanhaja confederation.
Yahya ibn Umar was the
second emir of the
Almoravids in...
-
Hilal and Banu
Sulaym Arab tribes. In the 13th century, they took the
Sanhaja territories in the
southwest of the Sahara. In Morocco, they
first settled...
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traditionally divided into
three large tribal confederations: Masmuda,
Zenata and
Sanhaja. They
often form
smaller confederations of
tribes together (for example...
- community;
Sanhajas de Srayr: two Jebli-speaking
tribes –
Ketama and Aït
Seddat – out of ten tribes, the
remaining (eight)
speak Sanhaja Berber; Riffians:...
- is a semi-nomadic
Sahrawi tribal confederation of
mixed Arab and
Lamta Sanhaja Berber origins. Its
constituents today inhabit southern Morocco, northern...
- (Arabic: المنصور زاوي بن زيري بن مناد الصنهاجي), was a
chief in the
Berber Sanhaja tribe. He
arrived in
Spain in 1000 (391)
during the
reign of Almanzor....
- the 11th
century onward, a
series of
Berber dynasties arose.
Under the
Sanhaja Almoravid dynasty and the
Masmuda Almohad dynasty,
Morocco dominated the...
