- Al-Zayadina (singular:
Zaydani or Zidany, also
called the Banu Zaydan) were an Arab clan
based in the Galilee. They were best
known after one of their...
- al-Umar al-
Zaydani,
alternatively spelled Dhaher el-Omar or
Dahir al-Umar (Arabic: ظاهر العمر الزيداني, romanized: Ẓāhir al-ʿUmar az-
Zaydānī, 1689/90 –...
-
interruptions until the mid-19th century. In the mid-17th century, the
Zaydani family became a
formidable force in
northern Palestine. Initially, its...
- The
Zaydani Library (Arabic: الخزانة الزيدانية, Al-Khizāna Az-Zaydāniyya) or the
Zaydani Collection is a
collection of m****cripts
originally belonging...
-
forced Zidan Abu
Maali to flee
Marrakesh for Agadir.
During this move, the
Zaydani Library of m****cripts was lost to
Spanish privateers, and
eventually made...
- Umar al-
Zaydani (died 1706) was the
multazem (tax farmer) of
Safad and Tiberias, and
surrounding villages,
between 1697 and 1706 and the sanjak-bey (district...
- were
moved to
Bamako for
safekeeping due to the Mali War. The
Zaydani Library or
Zaydani Collection (Arabic: الخزانة الزيدانية) is a
collection of m****cripts...
-
behalf of the
Porte (imperial
Ottoman government). In the 18th century, the
Zaydani clan
under the
leadership of
Zahir al-Umar
ruled large parts of Palestine...
- chief,
whose name is not
defined in the sources. The chief's son Umar al-
Zaydani was
appointed the
mutasallim (tax farmer) of
Safed by
Bashir I who also...
-
pirate harbour of Salé in Morocco, in
order to
solve the
affair of the
Zaydani Library of
Mulay Zidan. In 1630,
Razilly was able to
negotiate the purchase...
